Ebru Inspired Daisies Soap

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We have once again thrown our hat into the challenge ring with the wonderful group of people who participate in Amy Warden's Great Cakes Soapworks Soap Challenge.  For June the challenge was to create a batch of soap with a design inspired by the ancient Ebru art of paper marbling.

We had so much fun finding videos and examples of Ebru paper marbling, that now we really want to try it with paper, too!

The inspiration for this soap came from a variety of places; 1) The many artists we watched work with water, paint, and paper; 2) A favorite fragrance oil; and 3) a picture that we felt really matched perfectly with our FO.

When we saw the technique used to create a flower within an Ebru design, we were blown away:

(http://www.turkeytravelagency.net/IcerikDetay_ebru-paper-marbling-art-and-ebru-courses.html)

We were still hooked on our beach daisies idea because if we can't be soaping we'd both rather be at the beach.  The picture below gives you an idea of the inspiration for our design:

http://www.forwallpaper.com/wallpaper/flowers-daisies-white-blue-208381.html

Unfortunately, we did not get to use our beloved FO (or do this while we were sitting on the beach!), but you can see our process and the result in the video below.  The beach will have to wait until later.

If you would just like to peruse the final shots of our soap, see below: