We found the most beautiful oil burners and incense holders
Words: Sarah Tarca // @tarca
Addition Studio Asteroid Oil Burner, $109.95
You don’t need an altar to enjoy the cleansing powers of palo santo, or a calming essential oil, but you do need a vessel. And if, like us, your preferred aesthetic isn’t Off Ya Tree (circa 1995), finding a beautiful oil burner or incense holder can be quite a challenge . But here, we’ve done the work for you, collating the dreamiest decor designed for your favourite rituals. Starting with this brass beauty (above) from Addition Studio. In this unique design, the oil is placed in the outer ring and heated from the tealight from there. Genius.
Handmade, carved and glazed from clay, these zodiac incense holders make the perfect personalised gift. Crafted by ceramicists Jasmine and Russell in the Gold Coast, you’ll also be supporting local artisans too.
Daisy Cooper is a Scottish-born ceramicist who now calls Melbourne home. Influenced by nature and the outdoors, her pieces all have organic shapes and colours inspired by the wilderness. Each piece is pinched from a ball of clay and crafted by hand, bringing a little bit of natural beauty into your home. See her range of beautiful oil burners and incense holders at daisycooperceramics.com.
If minimalism is more your style, this polished brass dome from Bodha is simple and stashable if you like your surfaces fuss free.
Adelaide potter Katia Carletti is known for her organic shapes (she uses a hand built pinching technique) and unique, yet functional pieces, so naturally she would have one of the best looking oil burners around. You can shop her beautiful oil burner and other dreamy ceramics here.
Designed and handmade by Jan Juc ceramicist, Caitie Ross, these were crafted exclusively for This Is Incense, featuring their mantra “Take it slow” and designed to be the ideal fit for their incense (which, btw is what we’re currently burning). This is what you call a perfect pairing.
This piece, designed for cone-shaped incense, is from the Brisbane-based Common Ceramics Stillness collection - which, as they say “explores the notion of incorporating quiet time into our tethered lives,” and we are here for it. Each pieces is designed to encourage reflection, ritual and mindfulness, which is pretty much the Wayward manifesto.
Handmade in Torquay from natural speckled stoneware, this is a piece of art that’s in equal parts beautiful and practical. The tealight sits nestled in the circular base, so it’s easy to light, place and remove, and the cube is placed on top. Each piece is unique (a testament to its handmade heritage) and the oil burner also comes in three additional pastel shades (we also love the duck-egg blue).
Lukas Peet Scent Tray, price on inquiry
As beautiful as it is functional, this Lukas Peet piece both holds your incense, and hides the ash, which falls into the hidden cavity. Genius.
With Japanese simplicity and clean lines this handmade two piece oil burner from Melbourne outfit Wignut and Co is pretty much perfection. We challenge you to find a home - or style - it doesn’t suit.
Hand-cut from brushed brass specifically to hold incense , these simple-yet-beautiful brass incense holders from jeweller Kirsty Lief come in two sizes and also a wave format. Perfect for minimalist households they’ll blend in with style.
The kings of luxe candles, Maison Balzac, have diversified in the past couple of years, their range now including beautiful home decor, practical-yet-stunning vessels (think: vases and carafes). Their oil burners and incense holders stay true to their perfume roots, but delivered in a different way, with these coloured glass oil burners in three different shades.
Addition Studio Neue Void Incense Burner, $349.95
This beauty from Addition Studio is admittedly pricey, but is also possibly the most beautiful incense holders we’ve ever seen. The Neue Void incense holder is carved from solid Travertine (so weighs 1.5kg!) and even comes with its own palo santo.
