BB swap soap

[Trinity]

So beautiful it really does look like the picture

 

[newbie]

THank you, you guys!

Yes, I was a newbie when I picked my name and had a clear lack of creativity. I just wanted to get on the forum, so I just called myself what I was. Hazel offered to let me change it, but I'm used to my name now and boy, I'd have to come up with something that really suited me, which means I can't think of a thing.

To be honest, I didn't work on the technique in practice. I work on it a lot in my head before I try it though. I had done one other sunset soap that turned out very nicely as well, but same with that one. I have to go over the whole thing in my head, sometimes for a few (and even many) days before I make it and I have to visualize the entire process. I also have to figure out how to parse out each color so sometimes I draw it out and grid it. It's kind of a grind so I don't do them too often. On my other sunset soap, I talked to the manufacturer about the FO beforehand to know how it would work and then when I used it, it turned the batter yellow! I was eyeballing all the colors and I did about 28 colors total, 14 for each half of the soap. I thought I was going to cry but I turned to extensive cursing instead and just pushed through. It turned out okay but that's what you get when you don't have practice runs. I also feel like I'm going to crap my britches when I cut them because if they turn out poorly, well, then I feel utterly deflated. It's a chancy thing to put too much work into something like a soap because you just never know what's going to be inside when you cut.

And yes, I've had complete failures.

 

[My Mountain Soaps]

I love it, i am so glad that i joined the swap, i might get one of your soaps!!!!!

 

[CaraBou]

newbie, you described that so well that there is no doubt in my mind I am not going to try a scene anytime soon! I would be a complete basket case, which would reverse all of the good things that soaping has done for me. There are just some places an addict shouldn't go. But that really is a very cool soap, and it does give me hope that someday, with self-control and mastery, I might create something so beautiful.

 

[Lildlege1]

Absolutely beautiful!

 

[SoapHappyNYC]

That's gorgeous! How did you replicate the sunset?

 

[cerelife]

You did an AMAZING job!!
And BTW, I'm on my old (slow) laptop right now and accidentally scrolled past the photo in my impatience. So I saw the soap first and thought "What a fantastic sunset soap!"...totally got it even without the original pic that played muse for you

 

[Jencat]

Beautiful! I think you did a great job of capturing the colors and feel of the photo.

 

[judymoody]

Gorgeous! I love how you interpreted your inspiration photo.