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title: "Candleholders lookbook"
description: "A utilitarian object reconsidered through light and setting — curated for the form that works without the candle."
url: "https://mashaxpasha.com/work/candleholders-lookbook"
---

# Candleholders lookbook

> A utilitarian object reconsidered through light and setting — curated for the form that works without the candle.

- Type: Digital
- Year: 2026
- Status: Completed
- Contribution: Art Direction

A candleholder can be a sculpture, a jewellery object, an architectural miniature. The curatorial task was to find pieces where form and material hold on their own — without the candle.

The shooting environment is dense dark-green graphite velour on both the working surface and the background. It absorbs all reflections and glare, leaving only the form of the object in the frame. The sole light source is a smouldering candle inside the holder. Where no candle is present, the effect is simulated: a warm source off-camera creates the quality of a winter evening by a fire. This light works equally across semi-porcelain, metal, and glass — each material opens differently within the same lighting situation.

All objects and the environment were produced digitally: virtual set design with integration of original photography supplied by the brands, without physical logistics.

## Objects in the lookbook

Semi-porcelain shell by [In Your Room](https://mtrl.io/brands/in-your-room-501), Round Heart by [Masha Somik](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-krug-serdechnyy-1508), Brass candy by [A+V](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-layer-1502), Fluid sculptures by [DROP](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-3-2-1-0-dva-1507), Ceramic fireplace by [CeramicaDecor](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-mini-kamin-1489), Vintage candleholder by [hronika:](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-na-chetyre-svechi-pukeberg-shveciya-1960-70gg-1505), Concrete Melnikov house by [Lampovy Blok](https://mtrl.io/products/podsvechnik-dom-melnikova-1500)

## Images

![Collage of photographs showing six candleholders, from a sculpted white ceramic piece to a blue tiled stove](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0QH72420BC2Y8BJVWBAF.webp)
![Clear glass ring candleholder holding four lit white taper candles on a dark green backdrop](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0S8YBXKZXGBVGW8Y45A3.webp)
![Lit black taper candle in a crumpled silver holder shaped like a tied pouch](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0TGVN1PMAD0WYFAXT85Q.webp)
![Round brushed-metal shield edged with heart-shaped petals sheltering a tiny lit candle on a red base](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0VP1V3D7DF62NEPP7VP4.webp)
![Shell-shaped white ceramic wall sconce with blue floral sprigs holding a single lit candle](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0X19N2GESJ898ATRJBZB.webp)
![Dripping, organic white ceramic candleholder with two lit tapers of different heights](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0YSBFDXKTC8DJ0H57KC2.webp)
![Miniature blue glazed tiled stove with a tealight glowing in its firebox](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV0ZXRX7PV3TSZ51MRV80C.webp)
![White lantern of two joined cylinders pierced with hexagonal windows glowing amber inside](https://cdn.mashaxpasha.com/01M4RV117BJBMXTP71VACCBKCN.webp)