Zebra Swirl

[chicklet]

My new favorite swirl: the zebra swirl
(zebra rhymes with Debra, it's the correct pronunciation )

 

[Relle]

Love the zebra , did you add TD to the white ?

 

[dianne70]

Love it.....this is what I am trying over the next couple of days...looks brilliant

 

[CaliChan]

HOW DO YOU DO THAT!! it looks awesome!!

 

[Pamela]

Awesome!

 

[Lynnz]

Looks fantastic

 

[chicklet]

Thanks y'all. I see my pic got moved over here to the photo gallery where it belongs, but my reply about the TD is stuck over in CP. Should I go delete it? I should have posted here in the first place but we were talking about swirls there.

Cali: it's a very easy technique but I'm really not sure of the official name. If you google "Adam and Eve soap" you'll see a YouTube video made by Celine in Ireland - she has a lot of great how-to videos on soaping design techniques. Celine soaps and her friend Titch films her. They chat during the filming and I just love listening to them. I think she calls this a tiger stripe but at some point in the video one of them says it looks like a zebra and I agree. You just mix equal amounts of the two colors and alternate pouring a stripe down the middle of the mold. You layer one color on top of the other, just pouring down the middle. The batter for this batch was a medium thick trace I guess. The first batch was a thinner trace - I'll post pics of it so you can see the difference.

 

[chicklet]

First batch of zebra:

I didn't go as crazy on swirling the top of this one. The batter was thinner so it's a little different look.

 

[2lilboots]

Sweet!

 

[deb8907]

Fantastic swirl! Gotta try that!

 

[Scentapy]

This soap is FABULOUS. TOTALLY catches my eye!

 

[lsg]

Beautiful soap.

 

[Pepsi Girl]

Both are very nicely done!

 

[judymoody]

Looks fabulous!!!!

 

[melstan775]

Super amazing. Looks just like Celine's! It IS the Tiger stripe and is very easy. Celine has a ton of soaps she made with technique.

 

[sagehill]

I like the last photo... has more character and interest!

 

[Marilyna]

I'm blown away. Your's looks prettier than hers, I think.

 

[RocknRoll]

wow these are totally cool!

 

[kellistarr]

Lovin" the Zebra, Debra!

 

[chicklet]

Y'all are too sweet. It was a fun design to do and I don't think you could mess it up if you can just keep the batter from getting too thick.

And the name on my birth certificate is Deborah (I'm a Debbie), which isn't EXACTLY Debra, but while I was cutting them I was calling them Deborah's Zebra.