Soap Carving

1.Traza the shape of the bar soap on newsprint paper. To use most of the soap as possible, draw your animal within the outline drawn trying to use the largest possible area of soap. During the design process will make decisions as whether to use the soap on a horizontal or vertical, in which direction to go the head, etc..
2.Trabaja on the sheet of newsprint to collect bits of soap. Draw your design on both sides of the bar of soap with a toothpick or nail. Then start subtracting sculpting soap slowly and turning often.
3.Algunos reminders:
◦ Make the legs and the head touches the edge of the bar of soap and keeping the thickness of the bar.
Subtract ◦ gradually. Avoid trying to cut a corner or a large piece, surely will break the bar of soap.
◦ If you have to make a straight cut, take the knife vertically up in front of the point where we cut and then the other directions. Carefully.
◦ If an area must be thin, thin or narrow, leave it to carve last.
4. After carving the way, use the nail the knife to achieve the desired textures. If you want a smooth surface can use a kitchen scrubber.