As promised, here is my 2nd take on the column pour technique!
I decided to do triangles, and three of them. I had to make the triangle columns out of cardboard and wrap them in tape. They were very narrow so I couldn't fit anything inside to weight them (to keep them from moving). However they were too tall and light not to weight them. Instead I stuck them to the bottom of the mold with a double sided piece of tape. At this point I was pretty sure that this whole thing would go bust and the triangles would tip over or not release from the bottom of the mold. Neither happened!
Inspiration for my color scheme came from this palette on Design-Seeds.com. I loosely interpreted it, and in the end it doesn't resemble it much because my colors didn't come out as spot on as I wanted. This is a really nice place to browse for color scheme ideas though!
To get the magenta purple-pink I mixed purple and pink... shocker! haha! I mixed Nurture Soap Supplies purple mica with Bramble Berry's electric bubble gum neon. I added the purple to the pink titch by titch again. See below to eyeball what a 'titch' looks like (this is a 50ml beaker). I first made one that seemed too dark so I made a second lighter version. In the end though, the darker color was more of what I was looking for.
The other colors I used were: Bramble Berry's aqua pearl mica, and Nurture Soap Supplies red-orange mica. I love this mica, but I can't quite get it right. When I want it light I get dark and vice versa. I am certain this is not the mica's fault! For the fourth color I left a portion uncolored. I wanted a white-ish natural to pair with these brights. I used Bramble Berry's Ginger Ale fragrance because it doesn't discolor, doesn't act up and smells freaking amazing.
Here is my mold all lined and ready with the triangles stuck onto the bottom. I ended up sticking them sort of haphazardly. At first it seemed like the shape of the column wouldn't matter since it just pooled around the base, but as I poured more it took on a 3 petal shape after all.
After the first pour I quickly realized I would not be able to remember the correct color order. I ended up just trying to keep the color rotation for each separate column in the right order, though they did not match each other in order. This soap was a little scary to make. Maybe I psyched myself out worrying about the triangles... It thickened up a little more than I would have wanted in the beginning, but luckily the fragrance thinned the soap out enough to continue with the design. Has anyone ever said fragrance oil saved the soap?!
A blurry picture, but you can see the petals are getting more distinct!
When I was done pouring I very carefully (and fearfully) jiggled and twisted the triangles loose. It didn't create too much muddying! I gave to soap a few whacks on the counter to flatten it and went to work with my skewer.
So the swirls are pretty random and off center, just like the pours. I alternated dragging the skewer in towards the center and out from the center. They create two different looks. I am really glad this came out as well as it did, but I'm not gasping over its beauty. But you can't judge a soap by it's top! I will have to see what is inside this before I pick my Soap Challenge Club entry.
Just a little while later the orange became more red and less orange. It looks a little too much like the pink for my taste, but a very pretty color on it's own!
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