I'm on bust number three or four for the cloud soap. I am in the middle of using this black and white bar I made and I can see the pattern in there for clouds if it were done in white and blue, but I am not capturing it quite right.

This one isn't too bad. I can see it looking pretty cloud-like but it's not what I want. I am using new FO's, one of which traced fast yesterday but not today, and looked slightly tan in one soap and dreadfully grossly neutral in another. I changed it up but was really looking forward to some new scents. That, however, will not be happening with this project. Sigh. Pardon the crappy lighting.

I am having terrible difficulty getting the real colors captured. This is pretty close but....

Next on the agenda is going back and trying a technique to get a cumulus cloud soap.

I couldn't resist one more variation on a theme with these colors. Not the best picture but once it's nicer outside, I'll try to get some decent ones. A gradient wall pour of 37 different colors. Each color was weighed out so it would be proportionately different but it doesn't feel as stepped as I thought it would. I must have mis-measured on one or two colors because two look a bit out of place, but I
can live with it. Next time, I won't top it off as I don't like the end of the tail going up. Live and learn.

Well, it took 42 cups of soap to get this, but it came out better than I anticipated. The batter was just at emulsion and when pouring it in, I couldn't tell at all if the colors had stayed distinct. The top was somewhat blended so for all I knew, I had an odd-ball tie-dye in there. I didn't use much water which makes the soap stay softer longer but once it hardens, it can break while cutting, so I cut early and got a little bit of road rash on the bars. It'll clean up well though. Now I have to find another color combo I like to try some other patterns. 

I loved the colors I got in this soap but I can't capture it outside. It looks about as intense as it did wet, but I just can't get it nor can I edit for it because the software is suddenly not working.

I sometimes forget how much fun it can be to do patterns in a slab.