ZOMBIE SOAP CARVING! Soap Carving for Beginners Carving soap is so satisfying and is an inexpensive and beginner friendly way to teach students subtractive sculpting techniques. Ivory soap is my preferred soap and you can buy large packs of it online or in stores. A fun twist is for students to sketch out expressive faces (or zombie faces!) and carve out the features using basic clay tools. We traced our design in the soap with the dot transfer method and then carved using loop tools, metal scul

Chinese puzzle ball, a classic carving art that creates concentric hollow spheres from solid blocks, has long left many in awe. Though traditionally an ivory carving technique, the skill has now been passed on using other materials such as jade or bones. | People's Daily, China

Walrus Ivory carving made by a man known as Uncle John, Cup'ig from Nunivak Island.Red and black pigments are also used for this beautiful piece. Similar carvings in this fashion were made into cribbage boards as early as 1910 by the peoples of Nunivak Island. #CulturalHeritage #culturalexchange | Alaska Native Heritage Center