◆ Candle wax
Ribbed vase candle mold
A ribbed vase candle, 96 mm tall: a round belly, a narrower neck and 18 soft ribs. A silicone mold from a printed shell.
◆ Candle wax
A ribbed vase candle, 96 mm tall: a round belly, a narrower neck and 18 soft ribs. A silicone mold from a printed shell.
A ribbed vase candle 96 mm tall and 66 mm across: a round belly narrowing to a neck, 18 soft ribs running from the foot to the rounded lip, the shape of a little ceramic vase.
Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker: print the base with the vase fused onto it and the two shell halves, pour about 417 ml of silicone, and the flexible mold that comes out peels off the ribs and the belly a rigid mold would lock on. The shells come off sideways (the print sheet explains how).
A candle that looks like pottery: pour it in clay, terracotta or stone grey and it sits well next to real vases. The zip carries every printed part, the vase 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.
Print the base, which has the master already fused onto it, and the two shell halves. No supports.
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.
Tape the outside seams or run a bead of hot glue along them, because silicone finds every gap.
Mix 453 ml of silicone in one batch, pour it into the open top in a thin stream, and fill level with the rim.
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.
Set the silicone back in the shell to keep its shape, and cast into it through the opening the base left.
Print details
| Cast material | Candle wax |
|---|---|
| Printed parts | 9 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 109 x 114 x 111 mm |
| Print bed needed | 114 x 106 mm, 111 mm tall |
| Filament | ~303 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 15% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Download | ZIP: 9 printed parts in 4 STL files + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-25 |
Pro early access until October 25, 2026, then free with any account.
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Free for personal use. Selling the pieces you cast needs a commercial licence (Pro or Founder); passing on the file itself is not permitted on any plan. Full terms.
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No, it is a solid candle in the shape of a vase, so it burns like a pillar. The wick runs down the middle from the lip to the foot.
Size it for the neck, about 40 mm, not the belly. The flame burns down through the neck first, then the melt pool widens as it reaches the belly.
About 208 g of pillar wax per candle, from a mold made once from about 453 ml of silicone.
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