Transparent soap sculptures / Skulpture od providnog sapuna

I bought some transparent soaps in different colors the other day, cut them into cubes of different size, and gave them to V together with some toothpicks to make sculptures. The soap was soft and I could cut it easily. 

Pre nekoliko dana sam kupila providne glicerinske sapune različitih boja. Isekla sam ih na kocke različitih veličina i dala V-u zajedno sa čačakalicama da se malo poigra. Sapun je vrlo mekan, lako se seče nožem, i čačakalice se lako ubadaju u njega.

I usually don't suggest V what to make. 'What' is less important then 'how'. (As a matter of fact for small kids 'what' is not important at all!) I like to talk with V about the quality of materials (shape, color, texture, softness, in this case fragrance as well...) and try to motivate him to explore the possibilities of them. We talk about how we can use this small soap pieces and toothpics? In what ways we can connect them? What kind of structures can we build? How do this transparent soap-pieces look in the sun? How do they look in the shade? Are they smooth or rough? etc. All these questions are more important then a question 'what?'

Obično ne predlažem V-u šta da pravi. Šta je manje važno nego kako? (Zapravo, maloj deci pitanje šta nije važno uopšte. Ono je više važno odraslima, ali i to potpuno neopravdano!) Volim da razgovaram sa V-om o osobinama materijala, o obliku materijala, boji, teksturi, mekoći, u ovom slučaju i mirisu... Razgovaramo o tome kako sve možemo upotrebiti komadiće sapuna i čačkalice? Na koje sve načine ih možemo spojiti? Kako ovi providni sapunčići izgledaju na suncu, a kako u senci? Da li su glatki ili hrapavi, itd. Ovakva pitanja su mnogo važnija od pitanja šta?

But even so, V decided to make some airplains as well, so he did. And he loves playing with them. And we love observing them, their colors, their smoothness, their transparency and luminosity as he lifts his hand up high above his head for the airplane to fly in the sky against the sunny light.

Međutim, i pored toga V je poželeo da napravi i nekoliko aviona, pa ih je i napravio, i sada voli da se igra sa njima. Ali volimo i da ih zajedno posmatramo, njihove boje, njihovu glatkoću, providnost i svetlucavost dok ih njegova ručica podiže visoko iznad glave da lete u nebu prema suncu.