Proving my point that soap makes a great carving and scuplting medium, here is a lovely boat a la Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer famed for his 1947 Kon-Tiki raft expedition across the Pacific.
For those of you not lucky enough to have visited the famed Thor museum in Norway, here is the Wikipedia page. You can learn about Norsk sailing tactics with a Kon-Tiki raft:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
Here’s to his story inspiring you so much that you attempt an elaborate soap sailing ship carving.
