Miniature Literature Soap Carving Goals: *Sculpture is presented with a relevant text *Has small details or textures *Form/shape is accurate

Choose a segment from literature, it could be a book, poem, comic or music lyric. Figure out an object that would accompany or make a commentary on your literary passage.

You will end up typing and printing out your literary passage to be presented with your object. Please choose something school appropriate :)

Soap Carving that is Inspired by Literature Ojibwe Creation Story Nanaboozhoo took the piece of Earth from Muskrat's paw. Just then, the turtle swam forward and said, "Use my back to bear the weight of this piece of Earth. With the help of Kitchi-Manitou, we can make a new Earth." Nanaboozhoo put the piece of Earth on the turtle's back. Suddenly, the wind blew from each of the Four Directions, The tiny piece of Earth on the turtle's back began to grow. It grew and grew and grew until it formed a mi- ni-si', or island in the water. The island grew larger and larger, but still the turtle bore the weight of the Earth on his back. Nanaboozhoo and the animals all sang and danced in a widening circle on the growing island. After a while, the Four Winds ceased to blow and the waters became still. A huge island sat in the middle of the water, and today that island is known as North America

Life of Pi The animal in front of you must know where it stands, whether above you or below you. Social rank is central to how it leads its life. Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on. Until it knows its rank for certain, the animal lives a life of unbearable anarchy. It remains nervous, jumpy, dangerous. Luckily for the circus trainer, decisions about social rank among higher animals are not always based on brute force. (1.13.3)

Hamlet A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! 'a pour'd a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. This same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick's skull, the King's jester.

William Carlos Williams Poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain Water beside the white chickens.

Coraline

HOW TO: First complete your planning sheet to figure out which text and object you are going to use. Show your planning sheet to obtain your bar of soap. Draw your object onto the soap with pencil or marker. Try different carving tools and sandpaper to carve away the excess. If you are finding soap to be too challenging, the project can be completed in any medium we have used in class so far. For the final layer of soap, consider smoothing areas that might need it with a little water.