SMF Soap Challenge August - Inverted Stamping

[zolveria]

here some help ladies...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MKbM7odE_g[/ame]

 

[jules92207]

Oh man... So cool.

 

[tbeck3579]

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This is the wire I tried that was too thin sonya.

I was thinking about all the wire we have around here and I began thinking about the thin floral wire, the stuff you put on flower stems to keep flowers from drooping. I wondered if I could twist it so the effect isn't a smooth wire, but one with texture. Okay, this sounds strange as I'm typing. Quick Google pic search (a pic is worth a thousand words). I was wondering if it would make a nice design or not? A lot of work for little reward?

 

[tbeck3579]

here some help ladies...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MKbM7odE_g

I like the wire he's using. I'm wondering if it is like lead came, much softer than standard wire. He seems to bend it with ease, and the wire I have doesn't bend that easy; at least the wire I have of that diameter doesn't. I'm tired and I didn't go to the Youtube page -- maybe they said what kind of wire?

 

[zolveria]

I LOVE THIS SITE:

http://www.wire2craft.com/workshops.html

HAVE FUN.

I WILL POST MINE BUT I AM NOT ENTERING INTO THE CONTEST. TO BUSY

 

[snappyllama]

Oh jeez, they make it look too easy. The wire lettering looks so much better than I can even scribble on paper. If I tried that it would look like a serial killer tramp stamp.

 

[tbeck3579]

I LOVE THIS SITE:

http://www.wire2craft.com/workshops.html

HAVE FUN.

I WILL POST MINE BUT I AM NOT ENTERING INTO THE CONTEST. TO BUSY

So cool, thank you! This page is on the link you posted and it shows all the different wires and gauge, as well as tools. Thanks again.

 

[not_ally]

Zolveria, the wire2craft guy is amazing, how he captures movement with the wire. Teresa, I'm not sure if that twisted wire will leave a twisted imprint, it might just sort of blend into a line? Worth trying, though.

 

[tbeck3579]

Question: In the rules it states you can use a loaf or a slab, and I'm wondering if the silicone "slabs" for individual hand soaps, or my combination slab/loaf can be used? I have a traditional home-made wood loaf mold and I can remove the divider in the slab mold pictered below, but I like these two. I have no idea why I like them, they just seem to fit my quirky soap making routine. The little individual red silicone hand soap slab would allow me to do a lot of different things, whereas the other gives me a lot of bars of the same design.

 

[Saponista]

Yes, you are welcome to use individual moulds if you wish.

 

[Saponista]

If you add your name to the sign up list zolveria then you will be allowed to vote on the entry that you like best. You don't have to enter a soap on the entry thread if you don't have time or don't want to.

 

[gigisiguenza]

Oh this sounds like so much fun! But I don't know if I'm eligible or how to check if I've met the one month/50 posts eligibility requirements.

ETA Nevermind, I figured out how to find my stats and I have to wait til Aug 11th to join, but I can after that, and that will give me time to plot and plan woohoo! I like these challenges because they fire up my creativity

Welcome to August's SMF Soap Challenge. This month we will be tackling the inverted stamping technique. The idea is to dip a tool or object into the batter when it is at a fairly thick trace. When the tool is removed, a raised imprint of the shape is left behind on the surface of the soap.
Here is my video tutorial

https://youtu.be/PpgoRwr4bV8

SMF Challenge General Rules
· To enter you must have a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for a month (sorry but no exceptions on this)
· Please add your name to the sign up list if you wish to participate (however, you don’t have to enter a soap at the end if you don’t feel happy with what you have produced)
· The challenge thread should be used to upload pictures of any of your challenge attempts where you can ask for advice and discuss the technique with other members.
· Constructive criticism is welcomed, but please try to keep your comments polite.
· Competition entries must be uploaded to the separate entry thread before the closing date. The thread will open on 18/08/15 (Please follow the challenge specific rules as to what you need to enter)
· After the closing date 25/08/15 the winning entry will be chosen using survey monkey and the winner announced at the end of the month. There is no prize attached to this challenge.
· If you fail to make the challenge deadline, you are still welcome to upload your soap onto the thread, but your entry will not be eligible for voting. We still love to see anything you have produced.
· Even though there is no prize, this is still a competition. If your entry is deemed not to fulfil the general rules or the rules specific to the challenge in any way, then you will be given the opportunity to amend your entry. If this is not possible then your entry will not be included in the voting.
· Newbie, Saponista, Lionproncess00, Sonya-m and GalaxyMLP reserve the right to have the final say on whether a soap is eligible for voting.

Challenge Specific Rules
· You can use either a log mould or a slab
· You may fill the mould in any way you wish
· Your entry must have a design created using trace thickness and an object or tool dipped into the batter to form a raised pattern on the top of your soap surface.
· In the interests of creativity, you may use any item you wish to form the design in the top of your soap. It does not have to be a wire shape as demonstrated in the video, but wire shapes are perfectly acceptable also.
· You may add decoration to the top of your soap eg. glitter or mica, but the raised pattern must still be visible for the entry to count.
· To enter you must submit a photo or video showing your final design with the raised pattern clearly visible and also an image of the tool you used to create the pattern. The soap can be in the mould or cut into bars, as long as you can see the design then that is fine.

 

[Saponomancer]

Diddled around with a coat hanger- its way too big for a regular sized bar, but I couldn't get it to cooperate at any smaller a size

 

[gigisiguenza]

Diddled around with a coat hanger- its way too big for a regular sized bar, but I couldn't get it to cooperate at any smaller a size

Coat hanger might be just too thick to be pliable enough for the kind of bending you need to do. I was eyeballing my coat hanger with the same consideration and decided I'll be better off getting plastic coated wire from home depot in a few gauges, like 16,18,22. It's fairly cheap so I'm going to pick some up either tomorrow or Friday and see how they work.

 

[Saponista]

That's the trouble I had with hanger wire, I'm just not strong enough to bend it. That wire in the video zolveria put up looks like the perfect combination of thickness and pliability.

 

[gigisiguenza]

That's the trouble I had with hanger wire, I'm just not strong enough to bend it. That wire in the video zolveria put up looks like the perfect combination of thickness and pliability.

I agree, it looked perfect. I seriously doubt it's SS though, sadly. I loved watching him make that piece of art.

 

[Saponomancer]

I have the embarrassing problem of a lack of cash flow gotta work with what I have on hand, else I might have gone and picked up jewelry pliers and some good wire from the hobby lobby

or found whereever I've packed them up from my stint in jewelry class fourteen years ago

that'll totally be easy to find right?

 

[Saponista]

It doesn't have to be wire dragon girl. Just anything you have hanging around your house will do, cookie cutters, canning jars (like you have already tried), anything that will make an imprint will do.

 

[newbie]

1. Lionprincess

2. Sonya-m

3. PinkCupcake

4. Dillsandwich

5. Vkumudini

6. Balloons

7. KCHaystack

8. not_ally (argh, 10 batches of inverted stamping tries in my future. This looks hard (imagine whiny Malibu Barbie voice.)

9. TheDragonGirl

10. jules92207

11. Janzo

12. nframe

13. SunWolf (Woo hoo! Lucky number 13!! Now to figure out what to do. )

14. Commoncenz

15. rainycityjen

16. CaraBou

17. tbeck3579

18. Soapswirl

19. KristaY

20. GalaxyMLP

21. dibbles

22. TVivian

23. snappyllama

24. Luv2Soap

25. Mrs Spaceship (Who's tickled all sorts of colors to be able to participate!)

26. TeresaT (maybe I won't soap in the dark this month!)

27. Newbie (trying to combine challenges this month as The Soap Bar has a good one too!)

 

[dibbles]

Oh, this is not going well. Yet another swirly top going to the curing rack.