First Attempt at the Mantra Swirl

[Guest]

My first attempt at the mantra swirl .My black went almost solid on me , but I am trying it again soon. Scented with Bamboo and Teak.I really like this unisex scent , it is a very light fresh clean scent.

Front and back of Mantra Swirl

Thanks for looking.

Kitn

 

[LJA]

It still looks great, Kitn! It reminds me of flash photography where the "blur" trail is behind the moving object. Very arty-farty. Do you do that in a loaf or a slab mold?

 

[Guest]

You do it in a log mold , you just pour to the bar height depth , cut the log in half and then in bars.
Artsy Fartsy , YES !!! that is the look I was going for when my black turned into cement. You are very observant to have caught that :wink: :wink:

Kitn

 

[heyjude]

That is way cool. The colors look really nice together!

Jude

 

[LJA]

You do it in a log mold , you just pour to the bar height depth , cut the log in half and then in bars.
Artsy Fartsy , YES !!! that is the look I was going for when my black turned into cement. You are very observant to have caught that :wink: :wink:

Kitn

See why I'm a visual learner? I'm totally not grasping that....lol

 

[eucalypta]

Cool back to the sixties - Popart
Nice colours too.

 

[heartsong]

x

:shock: that is soooo pretty! :shock:

i'll be so dam happy when i get home! we just got dsl thru our local provider so i can sign up for my saponifier emag!!!

can't do it with the truckstop net i'm on right now-no way to download or save files!

fantastic job there, kitn! you should be proud of yourself! looking forward to you next challenge!

 

[topcat]

Wow!!! Beautiful!

Tanya

 

[Guest]

Thank you all ,
I always look forward to the next challenge lol. In 5 days that will be moving :shock: .The hardest part will not being able to make soap for awhile .I shall survive ..
Kitn

 

[zeoplum]

Kitn,

That is very impressive. AND inspiring! Thank you for sharing.

zeo

 

[studioalamode]

Wow, those are great looking! I wish I could smell them, too!

 

[vivcarm]

Very very nice! They look complicated!

 

[MsDee]

Oh yeah that is pretty.

 

[Lindy]

Love It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[rupertspal42]

I like those, they are very crafty. I was trying to picture what you mean by pour to height... i'm a visual person as well

 

[LJA]

I've never done that kind of swirl before and while I get the gist of it, no one ever explains if it's a slow drag of the skewer through the soap or more of a fast wrist flick to get the pull of color. Any thoughts?

 

[eucalypta]

A tutorial of the mantra swirl is published in "The saponifier" http://saponifier.com/?p=912 special swirl edition.
All the winners published tuts of their swirls in that edition.
that is why it is not available on the fora - it's copyrighted.

 

[MsBien]

I love them!

 

[Guest]

Hey LJA and rupertspal ,
I will try to explain the swirl thing.When they say pour it from a height , they mean hold your color pitcher as high as you can ,I guess you could stand on a chair and aim for the spot in the mold that you want the color to go.The higher you pour the swirl color from ,the lower it should sink into your mold.
For this swirl you start in a corner and do a figure 8 all the way down the mold. I just use a semi slow steady hand when swirling .Try different tools for swirling , skewers, bamboo knitting needles work , I have some pottery tools that work , a chocolate holder for dipping handmade chocolates works ,it has an oval at the end , so you get a different effect , a thin dowel , coat hanger etc.

Kitn

 

[LJA]

You rock, Kitn. I bought the digi issue with the tut in it yesterday. It looks doable but I just wasn't sure how fast or slow to pull the swirling tool through the soap. I appreciate you explaining it. If I try to cut that loaf on a horizontal with the meager cutting tools I have (drywall knife anyone?) it won't be pretty so maybe I'll just pour one bar height and make like 5 soaps.