Soap Carving

Progress and Final Product of the Soap Carving project

Platypus #1: Pumpkin Scented Soap

Early stage, carving based on the flat
 underside of the plastic platypus

Viewed from above, at a somewhat later stage

Nearly finished carving, compared to the soapbox and excess soap

Platypus #2: Apple Berry Scented Soap

One remaining progress picture, depicts nearly-finished
body and unfinished head, prior to the damage done to it

Both

Depicts mostly-intact Pumpkin Scented sculpture,
the plastic platypus, and the damaged and incomplete
Apple Berry Scented sculpture, viewed from above

Switched around for some reason, and viewed from a more oblique angle

Artist's Statement: As with the Masking Tape Shoes, the objective of this piece was accuracy and detail.  I was unable to replicate my initial success in fulfilling this objective, as demonstrated by the forlorn-looking Apple Berry Scented platypus in comparison to its Pumpkin scented predecessor