February SMF Challenge- Soap dough

[earlene]

Fabulous entries! I am blown away by the owl's eye and the treasure chest.

 

[artemis]

As I mentioned in my entry, I ended up also making some squirrel related soaps with the dough. We are very much into The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl over here. Especially Omni, who feels like she can relate to the character's quirkiness. I made a bunch of little squirrels and some teeny little acorns. Then, I had the idea (thanks to someone else in this thread-- I can't think who asked the original question) to make a "log" shaped like an acorn. I made a tried and true recipe, colored it with TD and cocoa powder and swirled with the hanger. I sank two acorn "logs" and then topped with the squirrels. The one with the bow is Tippy Toe. The scarf on the gray squirrel is a little soap batter I used to try to glue his head back on. And the one that's ready to pounce is Nutsaroo, from the book series, "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place." I'll try not to post too many pictures.

 

[earlene]

I love your squirrels. They are so well done. And so are the acorn embeds. Lovely!

 

[dibbles]

Really cute squirrels artemis! I am super impressed that you got an embed log to actually look like an acorn. Nice job.

 

[SoapAddict415]

At first, I didn't think soap dough was for me. But after seeing some of the entries, I want to try again!

 

[Serene]

just waiting for it to be the right consistency. Took up mold making in between the wait. I have a ton of unique molds now. Thank you, Soap Dough Challenge. So far it is sort of working.

 

[CaraBou]

Wow - the treasure chest, mermaid and owl eye are waaay beyond even the ideas I've had, let alone my inability to execute! And Artemis, looks like you had plenty of great creations to choose from.

I'm not sure I'm going to have an entry, I haven't made anything yet and am leaving Friday for a weekend getaway. But even if I don't, I'll be watching to see what other cool stuff you guys come up with!

 

[dibbles]

Wow - the treasure chest, mermaid and owl eye are waaay beyond even the ideas I've had, let alone my inability to execute! And Artemis, looks like you had plenty of great creations to choose from.

I'm not sure I'm going to have an entry, I haven't made anything yet and am leaving Friday for a weekend getaway. But even if I don't, I'll be watching to see what other cool stuff you guys come up with!

I hope you have time to get something done. I always enjoy seeing what you dream up to create. Have a fun weekend.

 

[newbie]

Great entries! Don't forget to post a process photo, please.

 

[artemis]

Great entries! Don't forget to post a process photo, please.

Welp. Forgot all about that. My process was manipulating the dough with my hands. I didn't think to try to take a picture of that. Rats.

 

[mx5inpenn]

Absolutely gorgeous entries! I'm glad I didn't sign up this month so I don't have to vote!! [emoji54]

 

[Serene]

Family coming into town so did not have more time. Learned a lot from this challenge and if we do this again will change a couple of things. All in all good fun.

 

[earlene]

Welp. Forgot all about that. My process was manipulating the dough with my hands. I didn't think to try to take a picture of that. Rats.

I love how you just used your fingernail to make the scales, artemis! Nice video.

I don't think I am going to submit an entry after all. I did work on my soap dough at the start of the month, but decided to wait for a couple of things I ordered before continuing with my sketched out design. Then with all the tests and doctor appointments (4 just last week alone), and another issue with my granddaughter that has me scrambling to get ready to leave for Texas in the midst of all the medical stuff going on, I lost motivation and interest in my project. I do still want to do it, or something like it and am hoping that my granddaughter and I can work on something together. I'm sure she will really have fun with soap dough creation.

In any case, I talked it over with my primary physician today and he said I have to go be there for my granddaughter and that my additional medical tests can wait. So with his blessing, I am leaving in the morning for Texas. I was going to anyway, but it's good to know both doctors who are working on these issues are in agreement in that regard. I spoke with the specialist last week and he was also very understanding and felt I need to go. My husband said to me last night, 'What if Dr. M won't let you go?' like that was going to stop me anyway.

 

[Misschief]

My entry (I only have time for one) is in the mold. It would be in the oven, gelling, but there are ribs cooking in the oven. Right now, my soap is wrapped up and under cover.

 

[dibbles]

I love how you just used your fingernail to make the scales, artemis! Nice video.

I don't think I am going to submit an entry after all. I did work on my soap dough at the start of the month, but decided to wait for a couple of things I ordered before continuing with my sketched out design. Then with all the tests and doctor appointments (4 just last week alone), and another issue with my granddaughter that has me scrambling to get ready to leave for Texas in the midst of all the medical stuff going on, I lost motivation and interest in my project. I do still want to do it, or something like it and am hoping that my granddaughter and I can work on something together. I'm sure she will really have fun with soap dough creation.

In any case, I talked it over with my primary physician today and he said I have to go be there for my granddaughter and that my additional medical tests can wait. So with his blessing, I am leaving in the morning for Texas. I was going to anyway, but it's good to know both doctors who are working on these issues are in agreement in that regard. I spoke with the specialist last week and he was also very understanding and felt I need to go. My husband said to me last night, 'What if Dr. M won't let you go?' like that was going to stop me anyway.

Safe travels Earlene. Do take care, and I am hoping all turns out well.

 

[dxw]

I managed a pretty long evening in the shed, and am now mulling over the successes, failures, and challenges that lay ahead for the next couple of days.
Plans B and D are actually moving forward ... kinda parallel-play style.

Some of the dough is workable and some still wants to be sticky gloop. I assume the difference is mainly the colour used.

This evening I discovered / experienced:

- Fingerprints. They're everywhere all over everything I have tried to mould. Tomorrow I'll have to do a fingerprint vendetta ... and mebbe wear gloves.
- Ninja dog hairs. Where on earth did they appear from, and how did they get *there*.
- Tiny contaminants have a huge effect when you're trying to work with solid colours. Constantly picking little things out of my dough pieces. Sterile workplace, not!
- Colour blends are not working. My soap dough does not work nicely. I have managed a pseudo-blend, for a red-yellow edge, with lots of fine knife work (cut and reposition), rolling-pin and baking paper/cornflour (without the paper and flour/starch everything just sticks to the rolling pin), and a large needle and satay skewer stick to drag streaks back and forth between the colour edges.
- Soap dough sculpture needs occasional radical surgery. I've had to simply cut-out some nasty bits and rejoin the good ends.​

My Plan B involves eyeballs. I now have the basic globes built and the iris-to-be strips blended and flattened. I made three globes and picked the two that looked most similar in size. I now need to make a paper template so I can assemble and overlay the irises in a semi-consistent semi-symmetrical way.
Plan D has soap dough inserts to try for a visual effect with a CP soap. I only made a 250g batch of dough so do not have enough for anything more than one experimental block. Thankfully the knocked together mould I made will let me reconfigure for a single flat block. Then I hope I can cut it to achieve the effect I'm imagining.

If I get them both done I'm planning to 'join' them using a M&P layer and lots and lots of dough confetti-of-sorts.

I know I'm biting off way more than I can possibly manage, but it's fun trying to run all these separate streams and juggling everything on the fly. I'll be happy if it even looks vaguely like what I have in my mind. If not, well I guess I will just have to enter it in the turd-ball subchallenge.

Thus endeth my progress report. I'm off to bed, I suspect to dream of soap foibles ... perhaps a nightmare of my eyeballs collapsing overnight and finding two black blobs on the bench tomorrow. Shudder!

 

[BattleGnome]

My attempt is in the oven. Hopefully it turns out into an acceptable looking bar

 

[Roselyne]

I'm after posting my first ever entry!
Entries made are wonderful, the treasure chest, Oh My God!!!! What a talent! The mermaid is so cute, and the Odd Man Out is so cool! Can't wait to see the others

 

[SunRiseArts]

Here is the other one I had made. Is called Easter Patch. Bunnies and eggs are made of the dough. Some eggs in top, some on the batter. But I was not happy with the bunnies. MP play dough is very tricky, I think harder than CP.

I made soap yesterday, I saved some for dough, but time is going so fast. I will see if I can make something else. I had a plan A I never tried.

 

[SoapAddict415]

Misschief, I don't see your photos in the entry thread. Just this. Is anyone else having a problem or is it just my phone?