Cozy, hand-painted candle jars from the imaginary city of Apinu — small fragments of a world one might long to touch, each made one at a time.
Each Externita is a refillable jar with its own hand-painted face, and comes with three soy-wax refills. No two are ever quite alike.
Light one, and a window opens onto a warmer, stranger street.
No two faces are ever the same — each is painted by hand, once.
Little souvenirs from a city that was never on the map.
Apinu is my art project — a fictional world with a magical city at its heart. For a long time I wanted to make it tangible, something beyond words and stories. So I made this little brand: each piece carries a fragment of Apinu into the real world.
Some things I craft with my own hands, others I design and bring to life through print-on-demand. Every one is part of the same idea — to make Apinu a little more real.
What won’t crumble will stay.
Find a jar or a refill you love from the shelves above.
Send the name on Telegram, @danipolani. I answer personally.
We settle payment and delivery, and it makes its way to you.
Treasures and tales, now and then. No spam, ever.
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