Janet Bolyard

Complete Guide to Soap Carving: Tools, Techniques, and Tips by Janet Bolya is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This is such a delightful and informative beginners book on carving soap! It really is complete! It starts by telling a brief history of soap carving, contests of soap carving, then it gets you right in to what you need as a beginner. It shows you step-by-step in how to make your home made tools even! Later it shows you how to safely use professional carving tools too. Different soaps are discussed, how to fix mistakes, how to transfer a pattern, carve, tools needed, how to paint and finish for gifts, and so much more. All of these are shown step-by-step with pictures. Several step-by-step projects to completion are shown with lots of pictures too. There are lots of pictures throughout this book. There are patterns for the projects in the back of the book. In the end of the book the author explains what soaps worked best for her and what worked best for the delicate flower carvings. Just to make this an even better book, there is also a section, complete step-by-step with pictures, on how to make your our soap blocks! I found this an excellent book! Filled with pictures and step-by-step everything to do with soap! The author really didn't want the reader to get it wrong!… (plus d'informations)