Hand-poured Sculptural Candles

TOKIAYA Pigments of Passing Time.

刻の彩

Each candle catches a single moment —
the bloom of evening, the green of a returning spring,
a sky still deciding which color to be.

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Hand-poured

Seven layered pours, all by hand, never molded twice.

One-of-One

Each piece is signed and numbered — no duplicates ever made.

Slow Burn

40 to 85 hours per candle — made for many quiet evenings.

Worldwide

Shipped from Fukuoka in undyed linen, with care.

Ⅰ — The Collection

Four moments,
frozen in wax.

四つの刻

A limited edition of pillar candles, each cast by hand from layered pigmented wax. No two pieces share the same gradient — every flame is its own moment in time.

N° I

SUMMER NOON

KAJITSU火実

Mango flesh dissolving into a moss bed — summer-bright and dense.

¥ 3,200 Ø 7 × H 13 · 40h

N° II

EVENING BLOOM

BARA-EN薔薇焔

Magenta dusk pressing down on a cool spring meadow — slow-burning, almost architectural.

¥ 6,800 Ø 7 × H 22 · 85h

N° III

SPRING MORNING

TSUBOMI蕾

Pale ivory scattered with rose petals and moss — the bud, before the bloom.

¥ 3,000 Ø 6 × H 13 · 38h

N° IV

FIRST HORIZON

AKATSUKI暁

Amber soil, a green thicket, a sky between night and morning — a landscape in wax.

¥ 7,200 Ø 7 × H 22 · 80h

Ⅱ — The Story

Made by hand.
Born of a moment.

刻の由来

In Japanese, 刻 (toki) is the small unit of passing time — a moment, an hour, a season. 彩 (iro) is its color: the bloom of evening, the green of a returning spring, the magenta of a sky still deciding which way to fall.

TOKIAYA was born from one question: can a color hold a moment? Each candle is layered in seven separate pours by hand, with vegetable wax and mineral pigments. Every pour happens at a different temperature, at a different stage of cooling — building gradients that cannot be reproduced and never quite the same way twice.

The result is closer to a small painting than a candle. A moment you keep indoors, then slowly, over many quiet evenings, return to the air.

— TOKIAYA Studio · Fukuoka, Est. MMXXIV

Ⅲ — The Process

Seven pours. One moment.

七度の注ぎ

Pigment顔料

Mineral pigments hand-ground and warmed to wax temperature, never above 70 °C.

Layered Pour重ね注ぎ

Seven distinct pours, each at a different cooling stage — building gradients that cannot be faked.

III

Cold Set静養

Slow cure over three days — air, temperature, and humidity all leave their trace.

Hand Finish手仕上げ

Demolded, hand-sanded, signed at the base, and certified one-of-one.

Ⅳ — Living With It

A presence,
before a flame.

暮らしに

Most clients keep the wick unlit for the first season — the candle works as a sculpture first. When you finally light it, the surface begins to soften and the buried colors reveal themselves like a slow dusk.

The Quiet Room

On a low oak shelf, beside ferns and a single book — Akatsuki at golden hour.

The Gift贈り物

Wrapped in undyed linen with a hand-numbered card. Quiet, weighty, never loud.

The Studio仕事場

Lit at the start of a long evening — a slow flame to outlast the inbox.

Ⅴ — Join the World

Carry TOKIAYAhome.

The store opens shortly. Leave your name to be the first to enter — collectors on the list receive early access and a hand-numbered piece.

Studio

Fukuoka, Japan
by appointment only

Press & Wholesale

press@tokiaya.studio

Editions

Limited to 80
pieces per release

TOKIAYA Pigments of Passing Time.

Hand-poured

One-of-One

Slow Burn

Worldwide

Four moments,frozen in wax.

KAJITSU火 実

BARA-EN薔 薇 焔