From David Fisher,
Your Guide to Candle & Soap Making.
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Chunk Candles - whether votives, pillars, or containers - are fun and easy to make. Your imagination can run wild with different colors, overpours, layerings, addtives and more. This project takes the traditional chunks and stretches them a bit...or rather, lengthens them a bit. Instead of a jumble of chunks, these pillars and votive candles use vertical rods of wax arranged in an orderly fashion. It's a slightly different look that can have many variations - just like small chunks.

For this project, you'll use the same ingredients you used in the Chunk Votive Candles project.

To make them, you'll need:

• Some chunks - (see How to Make Wax Chunks - but be sure to look ahead for a variation on HOW to cut the chunks.
• A wax to pour over the chunks - I like IGI 1343 (straight paraffin) with 1 tsp. of Universal Additive added per pound of wax
• An appropriate wick - I usually use a 44-24-18 zinc (for votives) or an LX-24 for the 3" pillars.
• Fragrance
• Color
• Basic candle making equipment
• Basic understanding of Candle Making Safety