I used to belong to a local polymer clay guild a few years ago, and one time one of the members showed us how to make seahorses, which she had learned from someone else, so now I will show you what I remember of it and how I adapted it to soap dough, and thus the knowledge chain continues….hopefully.
Back then I made several seahorses as pendants for necklaces. The jewelry type that I made was a bit different, it tended to attract teenagers, who usually do not work so do not have much $$. So you can guess why I did not do too well in that arena. Sooooo, it was no surprise to me that my couple of seahorses necklaces attended several shows and came back home with me. But then, one day, a lady bought one, and when she brought it to the checkout table my heart skipped a beat when I saw him on her hand. I know he was an “object” but I could not help but feel like I was going to miss him, so I bid him farewell as I wrapped him up.
Later I wondered why I felt that way, I had never felt like this toward any other piece of jewelry I had made and sold. Then it hit me, this was an animal like form, he had eyes and mouth and a face. His pronoun was he, not it. He was not a bunch of beads in the shape of a heart…I can only hope I do not feel like this when it is time to bathe with these little guys…..
Here is the video on the making of them. It all starts with a log with tapered ends, the shaping of the face and the bend that creates the neck:
Soaps by Glenda 