Apr 6, 2014

Knorr Candle Shop to Showcase Artisan Marketplace Vendors at Spring Fling Event Near Del MarBy Diane Y. WelchDelMarTimes.net

Del Mar, CA – Tucked away off the main road at 14906 Via de la Valle stands the Knorr Candle Shop. The Del Mar-based business, founded in 1928 by Ferdinand Knorr, is a unique retail store that stocks a myriad of colors, textures and sizes of candles and honeycomb wax sheets. It is also home to the factory where Knorr’s famous dripless 100 percent beeswax candles are artfully created, an enduring craft that has been passed down through three generations.

A recent addition to the store is the Artisan Marketplace. Opened in the fall of 2012, it’s an opportunity for local crafts people, artists and artisans to lease space where they may display and sell their merchandise. It’s a symbiotic relationship that has added a new element to the vintage business and one that is helping it compete in the modern market, said Karin Johnston, one of Knorr’s longtime employees.

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