A set of three sculptural pillar candles from Daiyo's Morphe series — their most design-forward line, where the traditional Japanese candlemaker steps out of ceremony and into object. "01 Fragment" takes its name and its form from the broken, irregular beauty of a fragment: each candle is hand-shaped with the same angular asymmetry, tapering and faceted in a way that reads as both ancient and entirely contemporary. Two candles in warm amber rice wax, one in deep brown — the contrast deliberate, the grouping composed.
The candles are made from 100% vegetable wax using Daiyo's Tegake technique, in which wax is applied directly by hand and built up in layers around the wick. No smoke, no drip, no synthetic anything. Packaged in a slim matchbox-style box illustrated with abstract brushstroke marks that echo the forms inside.
Designed to be mounted on the Daiyo Iron Candle Stand, Medium — sold separately.
WHY IT'S SPECIAL
- Morphe series: Daiyo's design collection, where over a century of craft meets deliberate sculptural form — a departure from the brand's ceremonial classics.
- "01 Fragment" form: angular, faceted, asymmetrical pillars that cast interesting shadows as they burn and change character as the wax melts.
- 100% unscented vegetable wax, Tegake technique: wax layered by hand, built up slowly around a hollow wick of washi paper, rush weed, and silk fiber. No paraffin, no synthetic additives.
- Rice bran wax burns cleaner and brighter than paraffin — larger flame, minimal smoke, no drip.
- Two-tone set: warm amber and deep brown create a considered grouping out of the box.
- Packaging as object: the illustrated matchbox sleeve is worth keeping.
DETAILS
- Set of 3 pillar candles
- Material: rice bran wax, cotton wick
- Size: approx. 8 cm diameter (widest point) x 13 cm high per candle
- Burn time: approx. 330 minutes per candle
- Unscented
- Requires Daiyo Iron Candle Stand, Medium (sold separately)
- Made in Shiga Prefecture, Japan
THE BRAND
Daiyo was established in 1914 in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture — home to Lake Biwa and a deep tradition of craft rooted in natural materials. Now in its fourth generation, the family business remains committed to making genuine Japanese candles from 100% vegetable wax, using the Tegake hand-layering technique in which wax is applied directly by bare hand and built up in repeated layers around the wick. It takes roughly ten years to become a skilled Tegake craftsman. The Morphe series is Daiyo's contemporary expression of that discipline — the same materials and methods, shaped into something new.
