Modern Art-Inspired Soap Bars Featuring Dried Flowers

Transform your bathroom into a gallery with these DIY soap sets inspired by classic works of art. Here's how to craft your very own mini masterpieces.

The trio of floral soaps includes recreations of Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night", Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" series, and Jackson Pollock's abstract work. To bring "The Starry Night" to life, you'll need melt-and-pour soap base, a rectangular soap mold, various pressed or dried flowers and herbs such as lavender, cornflower, calendula, lemongrass, and black tea. To create the design, simply spray the surface with rubbing alcohol or witch hazel, sprinkle the flowers on top, and press them into the soap.

For the "Water Lilies", light blue or purple skin-safe mica powder or soap dye (optional) is required, along with ingredients like peppermint, lavender, cornflower, jasmine, and rose. To recreate one of Monet's paintings, sprinkle lavender and/or cornflower for the darker areas of water, add green for the lilies, and add rose and jasmine along the bottom corner.

The "Jackson Pollock-Inspired" soap is a unique creation that emulates Pollock's distinctive brush strokes using long and thin flowers. Pink skin-safe mica powder or soap dye (optional), and ingredients including cornflower, calendula, and lemongrass, are required for this soap.

Handmade beauty products can be customized to personal preferences, including the choice of melt-and-pour soap base such as coconut oil, goat milk, olive oil, and shea butter soaps. The soaps are made entirely of dried flowers, providing a naturally organic finish.

For extra flair, pack the soap set in a gift box with shredded recyclable brown paper and pair it with coordinating items like soap petals or fresh flowers, such as a lavender or rose bouquet. Leftover pressed flowers can be used to craft other gift ideas, such as potpourri or greeting cards.

Companies or artists involved in the production of these DIY soap products include the seller "spreetherm" who offers the "Sommerfrische" DIY soap set made of 100% vegan glycerin soap produced in Germany, and the supplier "Super Streusel," which provides decorative sprinkles for the soaps. The glycerin soap base is manufactured by ZENI Holding S.r.o., which supplies raw glycerin soap as a base for DIY soap making.

The scent of each flower soap can be personalized by using different essential oils or skin-safe fragrances. Given the organic nature of flowers, the finished soaps are very abstract, adding to their unique charm.

For more soapmaking fun, check out our Felted Soap Tutorial. These artistic soaps make for a beautiful gift set and can be given for various occasions such as birthdays, Grandparents' Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, baby showers, or bridal showers.