Do you know how to do this swirl pattern?

[makemineirish]

I have watched a number of tutorials on various methods of layering, swirling, and decorating soap. I have yet to see one that would give you quite this effect. Does anyone know a link to a blog, video, or tutorial that would point me in the right path? Do you know the name of the technique that would put me on the right path to researching it myself?

As always, thanks in advance for any help

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[Relle]

This is the closest I can find on a Tut for this soap - there's more there if you want to look.
http://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/cold-process-soap/swirling-1-2-3-4-color-2/

 

[AngelMomma]

That almost looks like a column pour (which there are tons of videos on youtube of this one) that didn't have additional swirling after the pour. Where did the photo come from? That info might help as well.

 

[houseofwool]

I know! I saw this the other day. it is indeed a column pour, but you don't pour directly into your mold. Pour into a wide flat bowl of some sort, alternating your colors in column or funnel pour. THEN, pour from the bowl directly into the center of your loaf mold. This is next on my list of techniques to try. ETA: here is a link to a tutorial. It is in French, but google translate does a decent enough job rendering it in English. http://soapinsomniac.blogspot.fr/2013/04/funnel-one-pot_7.html

 

[Ancel]

Ooh thank you, that's beautiful!

 

[AngelMomma]

Oh they do have some unique methods. I had read that blog before but hadn't seen the latest entry. Neat stuff.

 

[makemineirish]

Where did the photo come from? That info might help as well.

You're right, I should have provided that information. The original image came from the Otion Blog, making very possible that the link provided by Relle9 was the actual soap being created

The actual link is:
http://thesoapking.blogspot.com/2011/03/swirl-madness.html

 

[makemineirish]

I know! I saw this the other day.

Thank you so much for that link. I think that the one provided by Relle9 might be this soap, but the method depicted in yours also has me excited. Even without the translation, the pictures are fairly self explanatory. I have found a few interesting pages in French without the step-by-step photos. Even if the instructions are given, I have come back from the hardware store with the wrong item enough times to know that interpretation is tricky...

"You told me to get a 4" (technically you said 'this big' and I converted your spread fingers into a measurement) metal brace with a ninety degree bend, making it L-shaped. This meets those criteria"

"Yeeees...but the bend is the wrong way."

"Then turn it around, boybrains."

"Noooo....I mean, that is still the wrong way."

"I do not understand:wtf:. You are going to have to cinch up your testicles and trot off to the store yourself. I have other things to do today:roll:"​

I don't remember which of us bought which anymore, but I don't just "grab something while I'm out" without a photo anymore.

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[AngelMomma]

Well, that little conversation there just cracked me up!

 

[makemineirish]

Well, that little conversation there just cracked me up!

Thanks That exchange still makes me smirk whenever I walk by the aisle with metal braces. The friends and coworkers consider our good-natured bickering to be their own personal live entertainment.

 

[newbie]

I don't think this is an ITP technique. I have a bar of this soap that you're referring to; it's from Otion. I am almost 100% certain that this is pull technique (swirl) done with very thin lines of colored soap, (and possibly the lines are poured with with a column technique) and done at a very liquid state- where the batter is blended so it won't separate but is not at trace. You'd have to use a really slow recipe and a no acceleration FO or one that slows it down. Then you draw your skewer or tool through the soap all the way from one end of the mold to the other and don't criss cross it.

You could always email Otion/bramble Berry and ask! BrambleKirsten is one of their employees and is onthe forum; you could PM her too.

 

[newbie]

Here is a photo of the bottom of the Otions bar you are looking into. I just tried to copy it, but my batter was too thin and the pulls didn't draw out like they should have. So apparently you don't want the batter too thin either. Sigh.

 

[Relle]

It is not an ITP swirl, its created in slab mould and swirled with a skewer.

 

[ewenique]

And the slab mold must have an insert to make individual bars. That's how the swirl gets pulled down the sides of the soap bar.

 

[makemineirish]

And the slab mold must have an insert to make individual bars. That's how the swirl gets pulled down the sides of the soap bar.

That is an interesting point. I looked at the tutorial that Relle9 posted, but did not think about the dividers acting as a decorative tool. I was planning to try this, but simply wire cut my slab. I will start shopping dividers nowroblem:

Thanks for pointing that out

 

[hoegarden]

wow... i think a lot of dividers will be needed.

 

[sapone]

Thank you so much for that link. I think that the one provided by Relle9 might be this soap, but the method depicted in yours also has me excited. Even without the translation, the pictures are fairly self explanatory. I have found a few interesting pages in French without the step-by-step photos. Even if the instructions are given, I have come back from the hardware store with the wrong item enough times to know that interpretation is tricky...

"You told me to get a 4" (technically you said 'this big' and I converted your spread fingers into a measurement) metal brace with a ninety degree bend, making it L-shaped. This meets those criteria"

"Yeeees...but the bend is the wrong way."

"Then turn it around, boybrains."

"Noooo....I mean, that is still the wrong way."

"I do not understand:wtf:. You are going to have to cinch up your testicles and trot off to the store yourself. I have other things to do today:roll:"​

I don't remember which of us bought which anymore, but I don't just "grab something while I'm out" without a photo anymore.


I think you know how my life works.....this cracked me up!!:clap:

 

[newbie]

Here's my try at this with a slab and dividers. My soap was definitely too thin and it is a pale comparison to Otions, but the column pour or layering of thin lines and then a straight pull with your swirling tool should get you close.

 

[Marilyna]

Gosh, Newbie, yours is fabulous! Love it!

 

[cursivearts]

That's beautiful. It reminds me of the marbled paper that would sometimes be on the insides of old hardcovers, if you know what I'm talking about.