"Wax is not only one wax, there are many of them ! [...] Hundred and hundred, and they mix together. [...]"
According to a sicilian's candle artisan. Reported by R.Cedrini during an investigation : « Il sapere vissuto », Arte popolare in Sicilia. Le tecniche, i temi, i simboli, dir. D. D’Agostino, Palerme, Flaccovio, 1991, p. 177. / mentionned by Georges Didi-Huberman "La matière inquiète : Plasticité, viscosité, étrangeté", “Ligne”, n°1, 2000-2001, éditions Léo Scheer.










