A PLATYPUS SOAP CARVING "The Emptied-Bellied Platypus"

Assignment # Two in our 3-D Design class is to replicate any animal of choice into a soap carving, twice! The second carving will then be re-shaped or re-created into another whole design. But, for now just call me Carvin' Kimmy!

I chose to purchase my bar of soap from our local flea market. (Did you know if you buy things locally it puts revenue right back into our communities at a whopping 87%! ). I also asked the nice woman there to add a scent of patchoulli to soothe me as I'm creating.

I have named this project "The Empty-Bellied Platypus" for reasons you will see later on in this project.

My "Emptied-Bellied Platypus" has finally shaped up.
Little by little, I whittled and whittled my way into making another platypus, as this project calls for an exact replica. So, now I have two, TWO, two platypuses instead of one, done!

           

My cool Platypuses...I had to put them in the fridge a couple of times,  when they'd get too soft. This warm Florida weather can melt platypuses!

Final Soap Sculptures.