When I had my retail store open, I made all of the food that I sold in the store. It worked well because I could work in between customers, doing something I really enjoyed. With the closing of my brick and mortar store and the arrival of two gorgeous grandsons, I did not have much time to "create".
Yesterday, as you read, I took the bull by the horns and made a batch of cold porcelain clay. I am happy to say that the batch turned out very well. Here is how it looks after sitting for 24 hours........ready to use! Awesome.........let's create!
The first thing that I did was add some yellow chalk to a chunk of the clay and made some bananas. They turned out okay. I still have to add the details with bits of brown on the ends and I think I need to work on the shape a bit but it is a start. Then I added orange chalk to more of the clay. I did not like the colour so ended up adding paint to it. This is what I added:
Here are the carrots and bananas that I created, still put aside, giving them time to air dry.
I also made potatoes but they are not dry enough to paint yet, so they just look like lumps of white clay with spots. I will post photos of them when they are finished.
I also made some bread. I am very pleased with how they turned out. I have sliced the loaves and put them on cutting boards. I think I will add these to my Etsy site soon. I made these with Sculpey instead of the air dry clay because I wanted to add the holes to make the inside look more realistic. They are still a work in progress but it just feels good to be making mini food again!
Here are the three loaves of bread that I have finished so far:
I am going to add a knife and some other food to this one to fill the cutting board.
This one is on one of the cutting boards that we make with our laser.
I may keep this one for my own collection as it is the first one I made. Once a mini addict, always a mini addict. :-)
This is all for today. I hope to find some time to finish up the bananas, carrots and potatoes tomorrow. If I do, I will share the finished items with you then.
Until then, mini on and have a great time! ----Liz
Hello Liz,
ReplyDeleteThose are great. I must admit I have not used clay of any kind much...not my preferred medium to use. You really have a talent for it.
Big hug
Giac
Thank you Giac. My dream is to take a workshop from a miniature food artisan. I love playing with clay. The work that you do leaves me in awe of your talent. I can't even cut a good mitre. :-)
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