Monday, October 5, 2009

Ryan's 'Buddha' Soap Sculpture

Unfortunately I pre-saved this image from my home pc, and cant seem to find out how to rotate it on this UTA pc. Please forgive me :). I started out with my Ivory soap bar, and after determining it lacked the thickness to carve a polar bear...I decided on Buddha! I used a small statue for reference, and made my initial cuts on the face with a taught guitar string, to help determine my boundaries. Then used an X-Acto knife to make more precise cuts, but the best tool was the blunt end of a calligraphy pen, which smoothly 'shaved' off soap allowing for a more accurate carving.

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