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[not_ally]

Wow, unbelieveable contrasts on that hanger swirl. Just gorgeous. The ebru is extremely well done, as well.

Just googled saponifier and ebru to see if there were other ebrus there. I know people are of varying opinions on Kevin Dunn (I don't have one b/c I have not read any of his stuff), but he has an article there called "A Surfactant ****". I thought that was kind of funny. The title I mean, didn't read the article.

ETA: Also, not sure where you got the hanger swirl pic, newbie, but wiranda brand's pinterest page has some great soaps on it, one which is kind of a more unstructured version of that black and white net one you guys were discussing recently: https://www.pinterest.com/wiranbrandt/soaping/

 

[newbie]

I'm pretty certain I was on her pinterest page. Sometimes I am less likely to snap a picture if their pin is way down their page because after I close the page for the close-up, it returns me to the top of the danged page. I get tired of scrolling down, esp on someone who has over a thousand pins.

I think you may be looking at Steso's soap, which someone else mentioned re: the net soap. It doesn't have the net pattern all over the surface of the soap like the fishnet does. That one still stumps me.

I don't know exactly why, but this top gives me a visceral sense of pleasure.

 

[newbie]

Pretty swirl

 

[not_ally]

I have to say, I hate it when people say that soap is too pretty to use, but I would be very hesitant to use any of the ones that get posted here if I bought them. They really are like little pieces of art.

 

[newbie]

Found on Mad Oils FB page. Love the combo

 

[newbie]

Melinda gets such nice soft colors. She also made one of the butterflies that placed in the butterfly challenge, the butterfly that was made up of 4 soaps. The third soap is a spinner that I think is a riff off of Claudia's color combo. I riffed off her color combo as well (she has a great eye for color) but I didn't get anything like as pretty.

 

[newbie]

Love love love

 

[not_ally]

Wow.

 

[ArtisanDesigns]

I am in awe of the talent. What true artists!

 

[newbie]

The Hostess cupcake cracked me up. The cake....made my eyes bug out. What detail!

 

[snappyllama]

That hostess cupcake soap cracks me up. It's vegan...a cupcake I could have actually had when I was a vegetarian.

It also makes me want one now. Instead, I'll be good and make my own oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. At least that way I'll have to expend a few calories stirring the pot.

 

[jules92207]

I really like this soapers style...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/224555257/black-licorice-handmade-artisan-soap

 

[newbie]

This was on Mad Oils' Soap Challenge site. Well done.

 

[newbie]

Feeling green again.

 

[newbie]

So interesting

 

[Saponista]

Have you entered any of those challenges newbie? I haven't as doing just one a month seems to zap all of my time!

 

[newbie]

Of Mad Oils'? I did two, last month and this month. It's a very different thing than the Great Cakes one. Joanna is far more about trying to put some emotion or memory into a soap than about techniques, so in some respects, it's more casual (she also doesn't offer a prize every month- just sometimes) and there is a wide scope for creativity. She chooses her favorite soap and story of the entries so there is no voting or anything. I haven't found them to be as taxing as GC's because it's not about nailing a technique and more about how you chose and demonstrate a feeling you want in your soap. It's fun.

Another elegant soap.

 

[jules92207]

I have an anise and lemon blend I want to make a soap with. ^^This would be perfect for it.

 

[Seawolfe]

Oh!! Do you think the maker used M&P for the lines? It would harden quicker and let you make tilty angles with CP then... That's very clever.

http://cdn.soapmakingforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14572&stc=1&d=1434498498

 

[newbie]

I thought they were embeds of thin slices of those colors but they could have been done in the mold, using a T&S and angles. I hadn't thought of that. If they are M&P, she used an opaque colorant because I don't see any light coming through them at all, even on the edges.

I feel compelled to post a pic if I post at all. This was someone's (Julie Wolf's) entry for last month's Mad Oils Challenge.