Topanga 19

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Letterpress printing of our new labels

I haven't posted in a while, but that doesn't mean that nothing's been going on! Here is one thing. In anticipation of a big order for a client in London, we decided to print our next run of labels using an antique letterpress at a very cool printer in Santa Monica called Church of Type. Lots of interesting things to shoot in that place (and Kevin was nice enough to let me do that).Here are some shots from that press run.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Now at the Jonathan Club

We're proud to now be a part of The Jonathan Club in Los Angeles! The club was founded in 1895, and is one of the top city clubs in the US.

New vintage jar container for 19 Candles

We've made a change! We're retiring our 6 oz. Japanese white teacup. Yes, it has served us well, but we been getting requests for a bigger size candle, so we've designed a unique vintage-inspired stoneware cup. The new candles will burn longer, be cooler to the touch, and are even more unique thanks to a proprietary "cracked" glaze. Modeled after antique marmalade jars, these cups can be reused as coffee mugs, tea cups (or marmalade jars). We hope you like them.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Good Surf in Topanga

A couple of weeks ago we had what we call "epic" surf conditions in Southern California. I shot this on one particularly nice Saturday morning.

Geoff

Heyoka Hideout in Topanga

Here's some free ad copy from an ad guy:

"Heyoka Hideout, LA's vintage style and boho cool epicenter: A must-visit for the A-list festival crowd."

Anyway, they have my candles there, and I stopped by and took a few pics this weekend. (Oddly enough, I was drawn to the one thing in the store you can't actually wear):

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Sacred: a new solid perfume from 19Candles

My friend Rachel at Heyoka Hideout shared "Palo Santo" with me recently. The wood from fallen Palo Santo trees has an amazing woody/spicy aroma, and can be burned like incense. She inspired me to come up with a solid perfume based on this fragrance, and after several weeks of trial and error, I came up with this blend of Palo Santo oil and 3 other essential oils. It's pretty great (if you ask me), and so I combined that with coconut and soy wax, poured into these unique vintage monogrammed silver lockets for a great portable perfume. This limited edition run of 10 lockets will only be available at Heyoka in Topanga. Thanks Rachel!

- Geoff

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Topanga Catalog Shots (19 Candles 2014)

I've been working on the 2015 edition of my product catalog (printed), and thought it might be cool to share the photos from the 2014 edition. These were all shot in and around Topanga using a Hasselblad 500c medium format film camera (80mm 2.8 lens). Enjoy!