'Sandhya' Pillar Candle Holder Set of 2 in Wood

Provenance

Wood pillar candle holders with a layered decorative surface, from North Indian woodcraft. The Sandhya pieces come from workshops that treat the turned wood surface with depth - paint or finish applied in layers, building a quality that plain surface printing does not achieve. The material is clean: lathe-turned cylinder, worked surface, no metal fittings. Attention goes to the surface and the light it holds.

Sandhya (from sandhi, junction) names the threshold hours - the moments when day and night meet, when neither holds full claim. In Hindu practice, the sandhyavandana is the thrice-daily prayer performed at dawn, noon, and dusk: the acknowledgement that something is ending and something else beginning. Of the three sandhyas, the evening is the one that belongs to candlelight - the prayer performed as the lamps are lit. These holders are named for that hour and its quality of attention.

Disclaimer

• These holders are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour are a natural feature of the process.
• Minor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.