And I made more soap
I have so much soap lying around now, it's ridiculous. And I AM using them, and have taken chances to give them away too LOL.
This time I made an easy soap. It's basically an Amino acid soap, and I don't even have to do anything with actually making the soap, because the bought base transparent soap can be used as-is.
This class was simply more like an art and craft class. We had to heat up the soap so it's liquid, then do whatever we want (add colour, pouring, splashing, etc.) and then let it dry. Here's the end results! The teacher lady gave away the sample/demonstration soaps to me as well.
First off, it was this marble stone design. The concep was to start with a dark base, then a layer of colours. Then we have to carve out some of the colour to see the black underneath. Finally over everything in clear soap. I actually liked the swirley design before carving the cracks, but since it was what the teacher wanted us to do... After that we had to slice up the square brick into irregular shaped stone to look like jewels.
The other method was some sort of a reverse thing. The base is filled with the clear soap, and then you randomly pour in the colours. This way you can see your end design build up, you will only see it when you take it out of the mold and flip it over.
And then the last one was a similar concept, start with the clear base, then carve out whatever you want and then pour the colours in. I still maintain, my concept was solid. I was imagining the layering already. I first make the foreground of the cat silhouette, then the moon, then either the grass or roof tops or buildings, and finally the night sky blue... BUT! It was the execution. I got lazy half way, and there just wasn't enough time. So I just carved the cat and the moon and called it a day. The second one I even just carved whatever.
But the end result wasn't nice either. I didn't carve properly, the channels weren't deep enough, or too thin, so the color didn't go in, so all we see is the "scar" inside the transparent base. But this is something I can slowly hone the skills of... if I ever have the patience to do this at home, that is.... LOL LOL LOL LOL Look at me, shooting myself down before I started hahaha!
This time I made an easy soap. It's basically an Amino acid soap, and I don't even have to do anything with actually making the soap, because the bought base transparent soap can be used as-is.
This class was simply more like an art and craft class. We had to heat up the soap so it's liquid, then do whatever we want (add colour, pouring, splashing, etc.) and then let it dry. Here's the end results! The teacher lady gave away the sample/demonstration soaps to me as well.
First off, it was this marble stone design. The concep was to start with a dark base, then a layer of colours. Then we have to carve out some of the colour to see the black underneath. Finally over everything in clear soap. I actually liked the swirley design before carving the cracks, but since it was what the teacher wanted us to do... After that we had to slice up the square brick into irregular shaped stone to look like jewels.
The other method was some sort of a reverse thing. The base is filled with the clear soap, and then you randomly pour in the colours. This way you can see your end design build up, you will only see it when you take it out of the mold and flip it over.
And then the last one was a similar concept, start with the clear base, then carve out whatever you want and then pour the colours in. I still maintain, my concept was solid. I was imagining the layering already. I first make the foreground of the cat silhouette, then the moon, then either the grass or roof tops or buildings, and finally the night sky blue... BUT! It was the execution. I got lazy half way, and there just wasn't enough time. So I just carved the cat and the moon and called it a day. The second one I even just carved whatever.
But the end result wasn't nice either. I didn't carve properly, the channels weren't deep enough, or too thin, so the color didn't go in, so all we see is the "scar" inside the transparent base. But this is something I can slowly hone the skills of... if I ever have the patience to do this at home, that is.... LOL LOL LOL LOL Look at me, shooting myself down before I started hahaha!
