Topical Guide 354
Mark Dorset
Art: Sculpture: Soap Carving
That very night, she began making soap carvings for the women. She found that soap was a congenial medium, so easy to work that she could turn out a carving in an evening. … Because soap was so much cheaper a commodity than ivory, Lorna found a new freedom and artistic daring in working with it. She let her imagination range a bit more, …
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 14
See also: Art, Play TG 5; Paint-by-Numbers TG 107, TG 108; Necessity of Transformation in TG 110
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