From Soap to Nuts - Soapmaking Skills for Fun or Profit

Sunday through Friday Workshop Overview

Learn to make cold-process soap safely and with confidence. This intensive week will cover ingredients; safety procedures; formulation theory; scenting with essential/fragrance oils and herbs; additives such as milks, butters, clays, colorants, and/or abrasives; molding and cutting; curing procedures and timing; and regulation, where appropriate. Most students leave with 8-12 pounds of soap in a wonderful variety. Some prior experience and pre-class reading is helpful.

Your instructor for this handmade soap making workshop is Dr. "Tim" Tyndall. “Dr T” is actually a science professor by education and training, having been a science teacher and college administrator for 30 years in chemistry, biology, botany and health sciences. Tim has been making and selling handmade soap for the last twelve years here at The Blue Ridge Soap Shed.

This is a true, hands-on workshop with YOU making soap! Tim will demonstrate proper safety and soapmaking procedures by making the first batch himself in each class - but then it's your turn! Learn how to crunch those numbers and SAP values for each oil and butter and create and test your own recipes, calculating your batch sizes and mold sizes.

How To Register

Please pay and register for the class directly with the John C Campbell Folk Art School in Brasstown, North Carolina. The Soap Shed is not accepting registration or payment for this class - we are listing it on our website for your information and convenience! The Campbell website is http://www.folkschool.org and their tollfree phone number is 800-365-5724 or if you're local in North Carolina call 828-837-2775. You can also request a printed catalog from them by phone or via their website.

Please feel free to contact Tim via email or at 877-404-SOAP with any questions you have before you register with Campbell.

Tuition for this week long class is $474.00 plus room and board at the John C. Campbell Folk Art School. A materials fee based on oils, butters, fragrances, colorants and other ingredients purchased for class use will also be charged at the class. Again - All payments go through Campbell - not Tim and not The Soap Shed.