This is a series of soap replicas of a Cycladic head, the original of which, which dates from 2700 to 2300 BC, is kept in the Louvre. This head is a fragment of an idol which must have represented a naked woman with her arms crossed on her chest, a pose quite common on the islands of the Cyclades in the Bronze Age. Its function remains mysterious and the centuries have erased the polychromy which enhanced the whiteness of this face.

We know the influence of these statues on the work of Brancusi, Modigliani, or even Picasso. Remaking them into soap plays on two concepts. The first is empirical and concerns the way these idols were made: their polishing with pumice stone recalls the way hands polish a soap when it is used. The second concerns the future of these objects after their exhibition, they can remain sculptures or be used as soaps.

In the first case, aging due to the disappearance of oils will alter the shape like wood drying out, in the second case, the shape will be altered by use but the material will persist longer in its integrity on contact some water.