Complete Guide to Soap Carving: Tools, Techniques, and Tips

Discover the fine art of carving soap with this comprehensive guide. Fun and easy to learn, soap carving is both a perfect craft for beginners and an ideal practice medium for advanced carvers. Complete Guide to Soap Carving shows you everything you need to get started, from choosing and preparing soap to handling carving tools and making basic cuts. Woodcarving teacher Janet Bolyard provides 26 step-by-step projects that guide you through all major carving techniques, including caricature, relief, carving in the round, even chip carving, Projects range from simple keepsakes to soap-on-a-rope figurines and sophisticated Thai soap flowers. --- By: Janet Bolyard Paperback: 160 pages Language: English 7 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches ISBN: 9781565239210