Reductive Sculpture (CARVING SOAP)

This assignment introduces the idea of reductive sculpture. Carving and chiseling blocks of stone, wood, foam, and plaster has been part of sculptural practice for as along as people have been making sculpture. I chose soap because it is readily available, and relatively easy to carve without specialized tools and equipment. Pocketknives, wood chisels, clay tools, printmaking tools, and just about any implement used to carve or gouge will suffice.
Please use a variety of soap bars for your 7 sculptures. Soap is available in several different consistencies. Standard soaps from the supermarket (Irish Spring, Dial, Lever 2000, ….) are usually harder or more dense than glycerin based soaps from natural food stores, and boutiques. Natural glycerin based soaps are more supple and easier to carve; also they tend to be translucent allowing light to pass through the body of the soap.
These differences in consistencies will force you to address the material limitations of each of your sculptures. You can choose create a series, or create 7 unique pieces. At least 1 of your sculptures should be pierced all the way through addressing positive, and negative space.