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[kchaystack]

It looks like one of the marble mantra swirls that the last soapworks challenge made the flavor of the month. Or the tilted mantra... then the embeds added

 

[galaxyMLP]

To NA, I think you described what I was thinking perfectly. Yes, that was exactly my thought.

No wait, its totally possible its a taiwan swirl... It looks like the circular tiawan swirl now that I'm looking at it. They must also have steady hands.

 

[not_ally]

Thanks, Galaxy. K, I have not done one of those marbled mantra swirls, but they are next up. They are really pretty, I think.

 

[Sonya-m]

Oh I love that first blue one!!

 

[TwystedPryncess]

I love the one stamped with little seahorse. He looks like he is just swimming around in the water. So cute!

 

[newbie]

I don't think the one with the embeds is a circling one because of the full curls at the end of each white pull. They'd be stretched out if it were a circling technique. I'm with Galaxy on the slab. Half blue and half white and then swirled on a slight diagonal with a smooth back and forth, like the diagonal loop. It looks like the M&P embeds were added after the swirl because you can see where the swirl is pushed out to accommodate the embed. At first I thought it might be a negative embed, where they punched a hole where they wanted it and it was filled with the M&P, but on closer look, I think they were added right after the pour. It's a very good design.

A few more DC FO soaps, for more inspiration:

 

[TVivian]

How was that primadonna one done, do you think? It looks like a Taiwan swirl, but I have never seen one w/embeds like that, and cannot think of how they could be placed/dropped in w/o disturbing the swirl ...

I think it was done in a vertical mold. (Think square Pringles can) with a separator put in on the diagonal, white poured on one side, blue in the other, separator removed, swirl with a chopstick inserted all the way down. Then M&P rods inserted. That's how I'd do it if I were to attempt that. Which I might now because it's gorgeous!

 

[newbie]

I hadn't thought of a vertical mold but I could see making one in that, for sure.

The translucency and depth you get from M&P makes for some incredible effects. I particularly love the first one.

 

[newbie]

A nice tutorial on a funnel and pipe technique:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD0AG7f_AYI&feature=share[/ame]

A few more discoloring FO soaps. It's difficult to find some that are not brown although I may be missing some, thinking they have colorants in them (yellow dc'ing or orange dc'ing component.)

 

[newbie]

More dc fo soap.

 

[newbie]

Love this one.

 

[CaraBou]

I knew there was great potential in discoloring frags; thanks for proving it.

 

[newbie]

I LOVE the bright acid green with the black. Looks like a neon color. I haven't come across any neons that hold their color for months, but if this one does, I need it.

 

[lsg]

Beautiful soap.

 

[newbie]

Blues and greens today

 

[newbie]

Shot in the arm of color to get people through a short week.

 

[jules92207]

Shot in the arm of color to get people through a short week.

Ohhh...that's almost flamey (I just made a word - flamey) love it!

 

[Dana89]

I love that Ocean Salt soap. It has a dreamy quality to it.

 

[navigator9]

I hadn't thought of a vertical mold but I could see making one in that, for sure.

The translucency and depth you get from M&P makes for some incredible effects. I particularly love the first one.

Oooooooo, that round pink and yellow one is just beautiful. I love the combination of colors, and the swirls are just.....I'm trying to think of a word that does them justice, and I can't!

 

[newbie]

There are things about M&P that you just can't come close to in CP and that quality you mean is one of them.

Love the clean lines and simplicity of this landscape.