Artist Subin Doenges was born and raised on a farm in northeastern Thailand, moving to Utah in 2008 to join her husband Scott. They have a 2-year-old daughter, Safina, who loves to watch Curious George while her mom sits in peace, carving and painting her lovely soap art. Craft Lake City DIY Workshop Series sponsored West Elm at City Creek. Visit www.craftlakecity.com for information on future workshops. All photos by Gail Jessen at www.aseriesofadventures.com + Instagram @fourthirtyam.

1. DIY workshop series

2. hand-carved soap flowers
artist: subin doenges
August 2013

3. sponsored by west elm
city creek center, salt lake city

4. subin explains her craft
Lever 2000 has the best consistency for carving

5. begin by carving out
a circle in the center

7. from the center, outline petal shapes
then carve out negative space underneath each petal

8. photo behind circle
accent text

10. carve. carve. carve.
buy. buy. buy. how beautiful is the west elm showroom?

13. carving is only step one
now you’re ready
to paint!

17. craftlakecity.com
don’t miss out! see you at next month’s workshop!

18. all photos by gail jessen @ aseriesofadventures.com + Instagram @fourthirtyam
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thanks to west elm at city creek center for sponsoring & hosting the workshop