Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Hanger swirl

Below are two of my soaps, both made with the hanger swirl technique. The first one is colored with activated charcoal and 2 golden micas. I'm pretty pleased how it turned out:

charcoal soap - hanger swirl, by soap techniques
 
 
The 2nd soap is scented with yuzu fragrance oil. I made an attempt to draw a branch with leaves, but I also see a bird sitting on bamboo in the left soap. :)) Do you see it?

Yuzu cold-process soap, hanger swirl

18 comments:

  1. Восхитительные)) Я тоже вижу птичку.

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  2. Yes, I can see the bird! It is lovely. The black soap is striking... Is the foam white or black when using charcoal?

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    1. Thank you very much, Madame Propre!
      The lather is white, as you can see in the other soap I made with charcoal here (the last picture):
      http://soaptechniques.blogspot.com/2015/01/january-soap-challenge-club-butterfly.html

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  3. Hi your soaps are so pretty! Do you use melt and pour? Or is it via hot/cold process?

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    1. Thank you! My soaps are cold process (made from scratch) soaps.

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  4. Do you know if its possible to make these designs via melt and pour?

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  5. These are incredible!! (and the bird is amazing) I've been trying hanger swirls but I think I'm leaving it to trace too much, do you find it works best at thin trace?

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    1. Thanks a lot! I find it works best at thin to medium trace.

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  6. These are just lovely... Are you using a log mold or flat mold?

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    1. Thank you! For these I was using a log mold.

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  7. Please tell me how you can roll soap in your hand to form a ball? I've been making soap for a few years and can't imagine doing this.

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  8. The hanger swirl method sounds fascinating and creative. Who would have thought that a simple household item like a hanger could be used to achieve such amazing patterns in soap. These soaps are impressing and it would be beneficial to use impressing packaging too!

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