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Bubble orb candle mold

A bubble orb candle, 70 mm: 26 round bubbles set around a ball, on a flat foot. A silicone mold from a printed shell.

3D render of the bubble orb master fused on its printed charcoal base, between the orange and blue hugging shell halves
Candle wax ~214 g Pro early access

A bubble orb candle 70 mm across and 61 mm tall: 26 round bubbles packed around a core ball, so the whole candle reads as a sphere made of bubbles, with a flat foot to stand on.

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Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker: print the base with the orb fused onto it and the two shell halves, pour about 316 ml of silicone, and the flexible mold that comes out peels off every bubble. The shells come off sideways (the print sheet explains how), and the candle casts solid, with no holes between the bubbles.

A fresh take on the bubble cube for anyone who wants it round: pour it in lilac, cream or a pearl mica. The zip carries every printed part, the orb master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file for the generator.

Shown as a 3D render of the printed mold parts pulled apart around the master, not a photo.

What you need

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  • About 347 ml of silicone (mix it in one batch)
  • About 127 g of pillar wax per candle: each cast is 141 ml
  • Steel binder clips, tape or a hot glue gun
  • A primed wick for a 60 mm candle, about 80 mm long

How to cast it

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  1. Print the base, which has the master already fused onto it, and the two shell halves. No supports.

  2. Stand the shell halves on the base around the master and hold the seams shut with steel binder clips. The seats for them are built into the shell.

  3. Tape the outside seams or run a bead of hot glue along them, because silicone finds every gap.

  4. Mix 347 ml of silicone in one batch, pour it into the open top in a thin stream, and fill level with the rim.

  5. Once it has cured, unclip the shell and slide each half off SIDEWAYS, not upward: the master is wider above its foot, so the base rib is left open for that. Then peel the silicone off the master. That silicone is your mold.

  6. Set the silicone back in the shell to keep its shape, and cast into it through the opening the base left.

Print details

7 h 10 minPrint time
~214 gFilament
9Printed parts
111 × 116 × 75 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
Cast materialCandle wax
Printed parts9
Size (W x D x H)111 x 116 x 75 mm
Print bed needed116 x 109 mm, 75 mm tall
Filament~214 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill15%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: 9 printed parts in 4 STL files + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe
Added2026-09-25

Pro early access until October 25, 2026, then free with any account.

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Questions about this design

How is the bubble orb different from the bubble cube?

The cube is 27 bubbles in a square grid; the orb is 26 bubbles spread evenly over a ball, so it has no flat sides and no corners. It is a little larger, 70 mm against the cube's 61 mm, and reads as round from every angle.

Why do the shells of the bubble orb mold come off sideways?

The bubbles around the middle bulge outwards, so the printed shells cannot lift straight up over them. Slide each half off to the side instead, as the tool's print sheet in the zip describes. The silicone inside is flexible and does not care.

How much wax does one bubble orb candle take?

About 127 g of pillar wax per candle, from a mold made once from about 347 ml of silicone.