A twisted pillar candle 90 mm tall and about 62 mm across: six rounded lobes that turn a quarter of the way round from base to top, so the light rolls across it as it burns.
Made with the hugging-shell mode of our silicone mold maker, the mode the site's own mold advisor recommends for a tall shape with undercuts all round. You print the base with the pillar fused onto it and a two-part shell, pour about 325 ml of silicone, and cast your candles in the flexible silicone that comes out. The twist would lock a rigid two-part mold; silicone just peels off it.
The zip carries every printed part, the pillar master as its own STL, the tool's own print-settings sheet and a recipe file that puts every setting back on the generator.
Shown as a 3D render of the printed parts and the candle, not a photo.
What you need
- About 356 ml of silicone (mix it in one batch)
- About 205 g of pillar wax per candle: each cast is 228 ml
- Steel binder clips, tape or a hot glue gun
- A primed wick for a 60 mm pillar
How to cast it
- 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 356 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, lift it off and 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.
| Cast material | Candle wax |
|---|---|
| Total print time | 16 h 4 min |
| Printed parts | 3 |
| Size (W x D x H) | 105 x 105 x 105 mm |
| Filament | ~225 g |
| Layer height | 0.2 mm |
| Infill | 15% |
| Supports | Not needed |
| Printer | Sliced with PrusaSlicer 2.7.2: 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layers, 3 walls, 15% infill, MK3-class speeds. These parts only hold liquid silicone while it cures, so PLA is fine. No supports. |
| Download | ZIP: 3 printed parts (STL) + candle master (STL) + print sheet + recipe |
| Added | 2026-09-24 |
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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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