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Simple Flower

General info

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  • Perfect flower for beginners!
  • Difficulty: Basic

What you will need

supplies
  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Toothpick
  • 6 mm pearl bead

Soap info

Cherry blossom mild soap

Used in tutorial

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)

Floral mild soap

white soap
  • Available
  • White colour
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 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)

Instruction video

Instructions

1. Smooth your soap.
step 1
2. Mark the center with a toothpick.
step 2
3. Divide the area around the center into 8 equal parts.
step 3
4. Mark the points as shown.
step 4
5. Cut 2 curved lines in each part as shown. Cut each petal tip deeply, since you can remove the soap easily when you carve petals of the next row.
step 5
6. Cut the soap around the first row and remove the soap. You can cut in one of two directions.
step 6
7. Smooth the area between each pair of petals of the first row.
step 7
8. Cut 8 petals of the second row. Place the petal between the 2 petals of the first row.
step 8
9. Repeat step 6 for the second row.
step 9
10. Repeat steps 7-9 for third row.
step 10
11. Repeat steps 7-9 for fourth row.
step 11
12. Repeat steps 7-9 for fifth row.
step 12
13. Carve the sixth row in the same way.
step 13
14. Adjust the height of the blanks, smoothing them.
step 14
15. Cut 8 lines in the center deeper.
step 15
16. Carve a small hole.
step 16
17. Place 6 mm pearl bead.
step 17
18. Simple, yet pretty flower is finished!
step 18