*NEW*
Mold Making: Custom Silicone Soap Molds

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Sunday March 4, 2012	3:30 - 6:30 pm (3 hours) $89 (plus $30 materials fee)	Date Passed	Email Us To Request Future Class
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Have you ever wanted a soap mold design that did not exist or find an object that would make a perfect soap shape but you don't know how to mold it? This class will show you how to use 3 different forms of silicone to make 2 custom single-cavity soap molds and a silicone texture sheet. At the end of this class, you will have the knowledge & practice to create custom molds of any shape and size! These molds can be used for M&P Soap or Cold Process and Erin will give you a special Cold Process Soap recipe that creates a very hard bar, particularly suited for silicone molds.

You will get hands-on instruction in tested methods, to make the following 3 projects:

Molding a Found Object: Demo & Hands On. Erin will demonstrate how to make a "glove mold" using a found object. This process takes a few coats of silicone so you will apply the final coat of silicone to a pre-made mold that you will get to take home at the end of class! The mold will be ready to use in 24 hours.

Molding a Custom Decorated Bar: Hands On. You will be provided with a 2-inch by 2-inch by 1-inch block that you will decorate using a variety of foam stickers, ranging from letters and numbers to flowers and geometric shapes! This is a fun creative project and the possibilities are endless! Erin will show you how to mix the liquid silicone and properly pour the silicone over your block to avoid air bubbles and imperfections in the mold. You will get to take home your mold & it will be ready to use in 6 hours.

Texture Sheets: Hands On. Using a silicone putty, you will make a 2-inch by 3-inch texture sheet using various items provided, ranging from textured fabric, buttons, antique keys, etc. You can bring your own texture to use for this project if you wish. Erin will show you how to work with this fast setting putty and perfectly imprint it with your texture. The putty takes just 30 minutes to set up so if we have time, we'll actually mold a bar of M&P soap in class using the texture sheet! You will take home the texture sheet and a bar of M&P soap. A natural M&P soap base and essential oils will be provided.

You will leave class with one custom mold with approximately a 4 ounce cavity using liquid silicone, one glove mold with approximately a 2-3 ounce cavity and one 2-inch by 3-inch texture sheet & one bar of M&P soap. The class handout will provide step-by-step instructions for all projects made in class, as well as a list of relevant suppliers.

CANCELLATION POLICY:
Since this teacher is flying in from out of town, the CANCELLATION POLICY is as follows: If you need to cancel *for any reason* let us know as soon as possible both by phone and by email. If you give us more than 60 days notice, you'll receive a refund of your original payment minus a 25% cancellation fee. If you give us between 30 - 59 days notice, you will receive a refund of your payment minus a 50% cancellation fee. There will be no refunds OR future credit (for any reason) with less 30 days notice of cancellation. If you cannot make the workshop, you have the option of sending someone else in your place, just notify us by the day of the class.

ABOUT THE TEACHER:
Erin Pikor is the owner of Naiad Soap Arts and a proud member of the handcrafted Soap Makers Guild. With a background in fine art and photography, she began making soap in 2006 with an attention to formulating soaps and bath products that suited her problematic and sensitive skin but also appealed to her sense of composition and color. She is best known for her award winning soap design, her dessert line of soaps including the French Macaron soap and her body sugar cubes, a no mess single use, cube shaped sugar scrub. Her soaps can be found online and in boutiques around the country. See our teacher page to view all of Erin's classes.