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Tai Fish Relief

General info

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  • Great gift for your friends and family
  • Can be used as soap for bathing or washing (remove the paper eye)
  • Difficulty: Basic

What you will need

supplies
  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Toothpick
  • Needle
  • Tai Fish Template (download here )
  • Clear self-adhesive tape
  • Double-sided self-adhesive tape

Soap info

Ichigo Milk soap

Used in tutorial

ichigo milk soap
  • Available
  • Milk and strawberry scented
  • Diameter: 6.8 cm (2-3/4")
  • Thickness: 2.8 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 80g (3 oz)

Red round soap

red round soap
  • Available
  • Master-soap brand
  • Floral (formerly peach) scented
  • Diameter: 7 cm (2-3/4")
  • Thickness: 3.3 cm (1/1/4")
  • Weight: 95g (3.35 oz)

Lavender mild soap

purple soap
  • Not available
  • Purple colour
  • Lavender scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 oz)

Cherry blossom mild soap

pink soap
  • Not available
  • Pink colour
  • Cherry blossom scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

1. Choose your favourite template type and cut it out.
step 1
2. Flatten the top of your soap.
step 2
3. Trace the template with a toothpick.
step 3
4. Poke holes using a needle along the templates as shown.
step 4
5. Draw lines along the holes.
step 5
6. Cut a fish shape deeply.
step 6
7. Remove the soap around the fish. The shape should have the thickness of 5~8 mm.
step 7
8. Cut by the dorsal fin and remove soap around the cut.
step 8
9. Make the fin wavy.
step 9
10. Carve a pelvic fin.
step 10
11. Cut by the tail fin and remove soap around the cut.
step 11
12. Carve a mouth.
step 12
13. Trim the edge of the fish.
step 13
14. Carve a pectoral fin.
step 14
15. Divide the area between the 2 fins into 3 equal parts as shown.
step 15
16. Carve the scales.
step 16
17. Smooth the area on which you'll carve the next row of scales.
step 17
18. Repeat steps 16-17 for next three rows.
step 18
19. Carve 2 scales below the pectoral fin.
step 19
20. Carve the rows 5-10 repeating steps 16-17.
step 20
21. Carve the other scales.
step 21
22. Make tail fin wavy.
step 22
23. Carve lines in the fins.
step 23
24. Draw the leaves in the blanks.
step 24
25. Cut the bamboo leaves and remove the soap around them.
step 25
26. Smooth the blanks.
step 26
27. Draw lines using the knife point.
step 27
28. Glue the self-adhesive tape on fish eye on the template.
step 28
29. Glue the double-sided self-adhesive tape on the underside of fish eye on the template.
step 29
30. Cut out the fish eye from the template.
step 30
31. Glue the eye on the soap.
step 31
32. Done!
step 32

Did you know?

festive tai fish
This fish, called "Tai" in Japanese, is regarded as the symbol of good luck in Japan.