SMF January 2019 SOAP Challenge - DOTS!

[BattleGnome]

I used a pencil (eraser end), a pin stuck into another pencil's eraser, an embossing tool, a toothpick, anything I could find that would create a dot when stuck into a bit of paint.

All these can also be used with beeswax for traditional Eastern European Easter eggs. Add wax, dip egg, repeat till satisfied

 

[Dawni]

The other end of paintbrushes also work! I used to paint with oils too so I had different sized brushes that make different sized dots.

@Misschief I like the concept of your soap! Anything with black also appeals to me.. Love it!

@artemis from the entry pic you posted I'd not ever think you had problems with it lol They're actually very pretty

 

[KiwiMoose]

@szaza I love your 'Clowning around' soap in the challenge! Very colourful and cute.

 

[SaltedFig]

@szaza Awesome name for your soap!

I really like your idea of using carving to highlight the soap ball colours and size changes

 

[KimT2au]

All the entries so far are wonderful, such a lot of planning and talent on display. Congratulations.

 

[Dawni]

@szaza that looks like such a fun soap! Love the shape they turned out after carving

 

[szaza]

Thanks for the kind words people! I think the subject is really fun, I love all the soaps entered so far!
@Misschief yours is really super ingenious! Love the panels! Somehow your soaps make me think of a cup of hot chocolate with lots of whipped cream and cookies.. yum! Though the black panels with white dots also make it look a bit like stars on the outside.. hmm space latte?
@artemis, I wish you wouldn't have showed us the bars falling apart! Your soaps are so serene and beautiful! Makes me feel like I'm looking at the sky on a distant planet *dream*

 

[Dawni]

@penelopejane I like that! Nice n simple but it works. I've said before that I love contrast and black and this has both. Great!

 

[SaltedFig]

@penelopejane Your soaps look so creamy and smooth!
(I like the offset pattern of the black dots )

 

[KiwiMoose]

LOVE your soaps @penelopejane - had to google inverted stamps and oh no! Now I have to try doing this too ( I can see myself making all sorts of stamps.... totally addictive personality me)

 

[szaza]

Love your soaps @penelopejane ! They're so elegant!

 

[penelopejane]

@Dawni , @SaltedFig , @KiwiMoose and szaza.
Thank you for your kind words.
I was absolutely blown away by kiwimoose's soaps and everyone else's is so different.

Saltedfig I mixed the soap balls into part of the soap batter - the pattern of the balls was absolutely random.

 

[penelopejane]

I added a better photo of the top of my soap to the entry thread. Had to make a new post because the post edit had expired. Don't know if I should have put it in the entry thread or here. What do you think Salted fig?

Anyway there is a link to Auntie Clara's blog where she explains how to do it.
She makes the most beautiful soap.

However, I wouldn't use metal to make the stamps. I use plastic coated bendy wire. You can get it in the plant section of a big hardware shop.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-1-60mm-x-20m-black-pvc-coated-tie-wire_p3040627

 

[dibbles]

Seriously guys, your soaps all look great. I have a soap in the mold. I can't babysit it tonight, so I sure hope it gels and I can get it out and cleaned up tomorrow (dot...dot...dot...)

 

[KiwiMoose]

I added a better photo of the top of my soap to the entry thread. Had to make a new post because the post edit had expired. Don't know if I should have put it in the entry thread or here> What do you think Salted fig?

Anyway there is a link to Auntie Clara's blog where she explains how to do it.
She makes the most beautiful soap.

This new photo show the dots on the top beautifully. I love the creamy white colour of the soap. Looks lovely.

@dibbles - I await with bated breath. I've seen what you're capable of!

 

[szaza]

Seriously guys, your soaps all look great. I have a soap in the mold. I can't babysit it tonight, so I sure hope it gels and I can get it out and cleaned up tomorrow (dot...dot...dot...)

Ohhhhh I'm looking forward to seeing what you came up with!

 

[SaltedFig]

I added a better photo of the top of my soap to the entry thread. Had to make a new post because the post edit had expired. Don't know if I should have put it in the entry thread or here. What do you think Salted fig?

Putting your updated photo in the entry thread is the best idea - I won't miss it that way, when I compile the voting list

Seriously guys, your soaps all look great. I have a soap in the mold. I can't babysit it tonight, so I sure hope it gels and I can get it out and cleaned up tomorrow (dot...dot...dot...)

(Thanks for the little giggle)
Looking forward to seeing your soap dibbles

 

[KiwiMoose]

@SideDoorSoaps - your entry is amazing! They really do look like planets. Very cool. Thanks for the blow-by-blow account of how you made it too. It's very interesting to read how things are done.

 

[SideDoorSoaps]

@SideDoorSoaps - your entry is amazing! They really do look like planets. Very cool. Thanks for the blow-by-blow account of how you made it too. It's very interesting to read how things are done.

No, @KiwiMoose - Yours are!!!! Lol painting soap with tiny dots seems so mesmerizing.

I love how different techniques were used to get the dots look. I wouldn’t have thought about cutting circles out of labels of soap. That inlay look is so cool, @Misschief!

I want to try the inverted stamp one day and I think the circles on top look so elegant on penelopejane’s as well as the dusted soap balls on artemis’s. @szaza those clowning around soaps are so cute!!

 

[Dawni]

@SideDoorSoaps Galactic is so much fun! Exactly what I thought when I sw it too lol I like the colors of the dots contrast with the black very well.