Hi all - here is my entry for the June Layers challenge. It’s a GMS, as always for me. This is by far the most complex soap I’ve ever attempted. It was a marathon soaping session that day - I made 5 small batches and tried 3 techniques I’ve never done before. Make a batch, pour, clean up, repeat!
I was inspired by Lisa at I Dream in Soap who did a !10! layer soap in a slab mold, and I thought 5 layers would be plenty for my loaf mold. For each small batch/layer, I made more batter than needed to be sure I wouldn’t need to scrape my pouring containers into the mold at the end and mess up the design. I got 4 full single cavity soaps from the extra batters - boy do they look funky! Here’s the details of the layers:
Layer 1 - my first ever Kiss Pour. 4 colors: Ultramarine Blue and Tennis Ball Breaker Yellow & Tangerine Wow and Queens Purple
Layer 2 - my first ever Clam Shell Pour. 4 colors: Cappuccino and Gold & Rose Pearl and Snowflake with TD
Layer 3 - OPW of 3 shades of greens and 1 white with the batter colors poured into the pitcher from the side and poured in the mold from the short end in a line pour. 4 colors: Kermit Green, Radio Active, Kermit Green with a smidge of Ultramarine Blue, and Snowflake with TD
Layer 4 - OPW of white, pink and black with the batter colors poured into the pitcher from the spout and poured in the mold from the long end in a line pour. 3 colors: TD, Black Oxide and Fired Up Fuchsia with a smidge of TD to Barbie it up/tone it down
Layer 5 - Peacock swirl for preschoolers? LOL! I used 7 colors and made wide rows then did my first try of a peacock swirl to them. I think they look more like colorful jellyfish than peacocks - did I just invent something? Haha, I doubt it, but maybe the jellyfish swirl will suddenly become a thing. 7 colors: Orchid, Orchid with TD; Caribbean Blue, CB with TD; Kermit Green, KG with TD; and TD
Bonus - a spritz of eco glitter, because after all that, why not?
I used WSP Volcano for this batch - yum!
First photo is my entry, and I’m including a picture of each layer after it was poured, so you get that view and can see each type of pour on its own. It was hard to visualize what the cut soap would reveal, so here it is:
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