I made another soap to use as an example, but it will be a couple of days so so before I can cut it, so won't be posting the photos of the cut bars as yet. This one was a bit messier than the previous ones, and the process of taking photos in between swirl techniques got away from me. Washing up after each segment so that I could safely pick up my phone to take a photo was a bit cumbersome. So my photos include images that represent components of some of the steps involved to create those images that were missed.
For example, I forgot to get the photo immediately after the second swirl and did the top surface design before I remembered. So instead of the surface of the soap after pouring the drop swirl, I photographed the empty cup from which I poured the Drop Swirl. The finished soap 'ready for bed' is after the surface treatment.
So in this collage I include 4 images that show:
1. tools used for Column pour & swirl (spoon handle used after column pour and for surface swirl at the end)
2. soap after Column pour before removing the 'column' (before the added design using the spoon handle)
3. in lieu of the surface after the Drop Swirl pour, the image of the empty cup used to drop pour the white soap
4. finished soap after top surface design 'ready for bed' (actually kept in a drawer insulated with towels)
Next morning, I heated the oven & CPOP'd because the soap did not heat up much nestled in the towels. I'll give it couple of days then cut and take photos to post the result.
ETA: Now I need to review how to cut a Drop Swirl soap, since I've never done a drop swirl before, I don't want to cut it wrong where it doesn't show!
Oh, rats! I just watched a video that says the height should only be about 2 inches above the soap for a drop swirl, other wise it's supposed to fall to the bottom. But the bottom of my soap does not show the single color I 'dropped', which is white, so maybe it'll still be okay.
The cut looks like it's done with a normal vertical cut like with log molds, so that's what I will do.
I just unmolded the slab this morning, so letting it sit out perhaps the rest of the day before I start cutting.
We are here for 3 days, so I want to cut it no later than day after tomorrow. It should be okay to cut by then I hope.
Another edit: I went ahead and cut one log off the slab and cut that log into some fat bars and some skinny bars. So below is another example of a soap made using two different swirl techniques/designs in one soap. The white drop swirl did not fall to the bottom of the slab as predicted in that video I watched this morning, so that was a relief. In the photo most of the bars are upside down because I thought they stacked better than way and I do like how they look. Obviously they are not cleaned up, beveled, etc. That will have to wait until much later.
The reason some bars are fat & some are skinny is because I am experimenting with different thicknesses and sizes to fit into our small travel soap holders. So today I've been cutting soap to different sizes to come up with a prototype size that will work best for us.
For example, I forgot to get the photo immediately after the second swirl and did the top surface design before I remembered. So instead of the surface of the soap after pouring the drop swirl, I photographed the empty cup from which I poured the Drop Swirl. The finished soap 'ready for bed' is after the surface treatment.
So in this collage I include 4 images that show:
1. tools used for Column pour & swirl (spoon handle used after column pour and for surface swirl at the end)
2. soap after Column pour before removing the 'column' (before the added design using the spoon handle)
3. in lieu of the surface after the Drop Swirl pour, the image of the empty cup used to drop pour the white soap
4. finished soap after top surface design 'ready for bed' (actually kept in a drawer insulated with towels)
Next morning, I heated the oven & CPOP'd because the soap did not heat up much nestled in the towels. I'll give it couple of days then cut and take photos to post the result.
ETA: Now I need to review how to cut a Drop Swirl soap, since I've never done a drop swirl before, I don't want to cut it wrong where it doesn't show!
Oh, rats! I just watched a video that says the height should only be about 2 inches above the soap for a drop swirl, other wise it's supposed to fall to the bottom. But the bottom of my soap does not show the single color I 'dropped', which is white, so maybe it'll still be okay.
The cut looks like it's done with a normal vertical cut like with log molds, so that's what I will do.
I just unmolded the slab this morning, so letting it sit out perhaps the rest of the day before I start cutting.
We are here for 3 days, so I want to cut it no later than day after tomorrow. It should be okay to cut by then I hope.
Another edit: I went ahead and cut one log off the slab and cut that log into some fat bars and some skinny bars. So below is another example of a soap made using two different swirl techniques/designs in one soap. The white drop swirl did not fall to the bottom of the slab as predicted in that video I watched this morning, so that was a relief. In the photo most of the bars are upside down because I thought they stacked better than way and I do like how they look. Obviously they are not cleaned up, beveled, etc. That will have to wait until much later.
The reason some bars are fat & some are skinny is because I am experimenting with different thicknesses and sizes to fit into our small travel soap holders. So today I've been cutting soap to different sizes to come up with a prototype size that will work best for us.
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I love it!! 
