Turquoise Stone Design Method?

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I live on a Native American Reservation. Turquoise jewelry is a big deal here. I'd love to "eventually" learn how to make a bar that looks like a large piece of turquoise rock, which includes the brownish/goldish thin veins that run throughout it. Is there a CP design method that you could point me towards? I've uploaded a couple images for reference of what I'd be after.

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You could make soap dough; take little pieces and cover them with gold mica; mush them all together; let it set; then cut.
Or you could do mica lines or drizzles in layers; either sculpted with a spoon or with a scraper. If you want something for planned out.
Thank you. I haven't even made soap yet, and creative juices are flowing LoL! But definitely know what you are saying as I've been watching so many videos lately. Maybe one day I can give this a try! Thank you!
 
Beautiful! I love your colors and the lines! The cool thing about turquoise is there are so many different shades of color and lines. Look forward to trying one day.
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The second layer of this soap has reminded me of turquoise. The glycerin rivers don't show up incredibly well in this picture, but they gave the layer a crackly look. I used a high percentage of chrome green pigment mixed with micas, if I remember correctly.
 
This is how I made some turquoise soap embeds before, I have thought of making a larger bar. However, the technique that comes to mind for that is the pencil lines and I am not a fan of it as the pieces have separated for me in the past (a sign I used too much mica). Although other attempts have not separated, so I would suggest that technique, if you can create irregular layers with a spoon or other tools.
 
This is how I made some turquoise soap embeds before, I have thought of making a larger bar. However, the technique that comes to mind for that is the pencil lines and I am not a fan of it as the pieces have separated for me in the past (a sign I used too much mica). Although other attempts have not separated, so I would suggest that technique, if you can create irregular layers with a spoon or other tools.
Thanks for sharing your technique! A full bar would be very nice, but to do it with your style would sure be a lot of work! I like your idea of embeds. Here is an example (turquoise would replace the creme color...or could put some on top of bar too ) that I just saw that would be cool using turquoise embeds, without having to make the whole bar a piece of turquoise. Could just do a single pencil line then press in the different shape turquiose log pieces of turquoise that you make.

Thanks again for sharing!
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The second layer of this soap has reminded me of turquoise. The glycerin rivers don't show up incredibly well in this picture, but they gave the layer a crackly look. I used a high percentage of chrome green pigment mixed with micas, if I remember correctly.
That's beautiful. I love the colors.
 
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