Sunday, April 10, 2011

Sculpting biblical scenes with soap, coffee, floor wax -

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Two of Ron Daisomont's Bible-inspired soap sculptures are pictured at left. (Photo by Jack Sheedy)

WATERBURY – During his 27 years building Broadway and movie sets, Ron Daisomont learned how to work with wood, metal and a variety of other materials. But with tight deadlines, patience was not his strong suit. "I’d be the guy you’d hear swearing," he said.

Now, he is working with a new material, and he is learning patience. His art is biblical sculpture. His medium: bars of Dial soap.

You might say he has cleaned up his act.

Read more here: http://www.catholictranscript.org/home/local-news/1896-sculpting-biblical-sce...

Also see this cartoon of soap carving by Linus: http://d.yimg.com/a/p/uc/20110410/largeimagepe110410.jpg

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