TirGlas Limited, Willcox House - Unit 29, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF11 0BA

Workshop Location

• FREE parking on site.
• Located on Floor 2.
• Coffee and lunch bars on site.
• Disabled Access and lifts.
• Male, female and disabled bathroom facilities.
• Workshop Location.

There is ample free parking on-site.

A lot of independent candle makers host workshops in pop-up spaces, galleries, or community centres. We have a purpose-built Dye House and Craft Studio in Cardiff Bay. This means we have the dedicated infrastructure to run workshops safely and consistently, which is a major draw for people traveling from outside of Wales to learn.

We offer a 2.5 hour beginner course on How to make Container Candles and to be able to make these candles safely at home. An emphasis is placed on how to make and use candles safely at home.

During late November and early December, we offer Christmas Candle Making Courses. In these courses, all the fragrances are inspired by Christmas, for example, Christmas Tree, Christmas Spice, Cranberry Orange an Cinnamon, Nutcracker, Gingerbread and more...

• Dedicated, purpose-designed Craft Studio.
• Weekend and evening booking options.
• Experienced tutors with a long track record of candle making.
• Great on-site facilities; café, FREE parking and disabled access.

Courses can be booked online throughout the year except for Christmas related candle workshops available in November/December. If there are no suitable dates for you, please contact us and we will try and accommodate your requirements.

Workshops Dates and Prices

We do not send out physical tickets. Your confirmation email is your e-ticket.

• Each course starts at 10.00am and finishes at 12.30pm. Evening courses are from 18.30 to 21.00.
• Experienced tuition in a professional, purpose designed Craft Studio environment. 
• One Tutor and a maximum number of 10 students.  
• 2.5 hours of guided tuition.
• Guided tuition on the basic principles and practice of candle making.
• After the theory part, the practical hands-on bit where you can make 3 candles yourself.
• The workshop includes all the necessary materials and equipment.

You will take away from the workshop 3 candles that you have personally made. You will also have a file of information covering what you have learnt during the day.

Yes. We encourage everyone to take their candles home with them on the day, but they will need to be kept upright and safe on the journey home to make sure they set correctly. On hotter days, candles do take longer to set.

We have two tutors for candle making workshops. One is a retired Chartered Accountant who has over 25 years' experience of candle making, both as a hobby and as a professional candle maker. One is a younger lady of no known age(!!).

The Tutors of this workshop make all the candles, and reed diffusers for sale on this website.

Full payment is required at the time of booking and full payment guarantees your place on a workshop. You can pay with all major debit and credit cards, PayPal or TirGlas gift vouchers.

Candle Making Workshops

If you cancel your booking:

1. Within 14 days of the original booking, we will refund the full course fee. 
2. Less than 14 days before the Course, no refund is available. (Subject to point one above).
3. A 'No-show' on the day with no notice is not refundable

We do not cancel Course for any reason except entirely unavoidable events such as if the Course Tutor is physically unable to teach the Course through sickness or injury or extreme weather conditions.

Should we have to cancel a Course, students will be offered an alternative Course date or a full refund.

If a Course is cancelled by us, we regret that we will not accept responsibility for travel, accommodation or any other related expenses.