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miniproject) wrote2011-01-18 11:00 pm
miniproject) wrote2011-01-18 11:00 pm
Not all the stuff I made today was photogenic
Because it needs sanding and decorating a bit first. So I'll just share the best thing, which are these oranges on a tray:
Yay! I've wanted to make oranges for ages and I like how they turned out. I'm not sure if I got the scale exactly right. Oranges do vary in size, so I guess it's okay to guesstimate. And next I shall attempt to make bananas.
The ice-cream didn't look so wonderful after re-baking, because the fimo darkens in the oven, and the colour was perfect going in (just like real strawberry ice-cream, if I do say so myself) but more hot pink coming out, and the moist look was lost. I varnished to try to get it to look wet again, but it didn't give me the best result, which I think might come from sealing raw clay under a light glaze of resin. I'll try that next time.
The cornflakes were the worst! They looked bad enough, but then I decided to seal the paint and flakes of cereal under cheap white glue with some chalk and varnish and anything else I had to hand that seemed like it might work...
Big mistake.
But in brighter news, I found some awesome chunks of natural chalk today on a walk with my boyfriend through the woods around here, and maybe that'll help me in making convincing milk next time.
Yay! I've wanted to make oranges for ages and I like how they turned out. I'm not sure if I got the scale exactly right. Oranges do vary in size, so I guess it's okay to guesstimate. And next I shall attempt to make bananas.
The ice-cream didn't look so wonderful after re-baking, because the fimo darkens in the oven, and the colour was perfect going in (just like real strawberry ice-cream, if I do say so myself) but more hot pink coming out, and the moist look was lost. I varnished to try to get it to look wet again, but it didn't give me the best result, which I think might come from sealing raw clay under a light glaze of resin. I'll try that next time.
The cornflakes were the worst! They looked bad enough, but then I decided to seal the paint and flakes of cereal under cheap white glue with some chalk and varnish and anything else I had to hand that seemed like it might work...
Big mistake.
But in brighter news, I found some awesome chunks of natural chalk today on a walk with my boyfriend through the woods around here, and maybe that'll help me in making convincing milk next time.
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Your bowl of cornflakes actually reminds me of the oatmeal I sometimes eat with canned peaches, if that helps. LOL
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Did you make the wee tray they're on as well?
Hi. Thanks :)
An awesome Youtuber called GardenofImagination who has oodles of useful video tips (check her out!) gave the tip to use a toothbrush, but yesterday I found that cool brush head you see there in the pic, from a thrown out old steam cleaner I had. I used that and it worked better than the toothbrush. And another thing I think made the clay retain the small indents even as I rounded the shape in my hands after and put them down on a marble surface, was using some translucent clay, because translucent and metallic clays can sometimes have more resilience and makes the oranges (any food) look a lot more realistic, too.
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That's cool that it resembles your food. lol. Absolutely cool. Thank you. I'll refrain from putting it in the bin and try to just tidy it up a bit and *waves magic wand* - I dub thee, oatmeal with peaches! (yay)
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I made the tray using the underside of a belt buckle:
I collect any cool bits of metal I can find! *is obsessed* :-P
Re: Hi. Thanks :)
I'm just starting to do polymer clays. Usually to reproduce stone, metal, and bone. I don't do tiny foods and such, but I am fascinated by the process.
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The oranges are great, they look like those huge naval oranges - yum
Cheers!
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Re: Hi. Thanks :)