Description
Soap making
We made soap! With the tallow from moose, deer, bison and other animals, making soap is not only possible, but was common across our homeland. Join us as we learn to make soap from lye and fats.
This is a 3 hour class that starts at 6pm MST.
There are no refunds on online classes, however, a recording will be available for you to watch afterwards.
This course is perfect for those who want the purest soap for their family, friends, and for their own health. Soaps do not need to have tons of dyes and perfumes to smell lovely and do a great job of cleaning our bodies, our laundry and our homes. This basic soap making course is right on time for you to make your own handmade soaps as gifts for the holidays.
What will I learn?
- All about the chemical process between fats, an alkaline solution (lye), scents and colourings that produces high quality soaps
- How to render fats for soap making
- How to use soap recipes and how to alter them to suit your needs
- How to select and use essential oils for creating healing soaps that smell wonderful
- Using herbs and minerals to colour soaps
- How to make “cold process” bars of soap
- The techniques and safety procedures for making soaps
- The various pieces of equipment that can be used to make soap (don’t worry, you dont need much at all)
- How to build a soap mold or select items from around the house to use as a soap mold
- How to set, shape and cure your bars of soap
Natalie Pepin
Taanishi! Dishinikawshon Natalie Pepin. I am a Metis woman in the Tawatinaw Valley in Alberta, Canada. I support indigenous people who are reclaiming their indigenous roots to connect with their culture through learning the traditional skills, arts, stories and teachings of our ancestors. I support indigenous people, who are severed from their traditions by legacy and trauma of colonization, who are discovering that their culture is beautiful. I teach indigenous arts workshops such as beading, moccasin making and brain tanning as a means of reconciliation and reconnection.
