Not all the stuff I made today was photogenic

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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.

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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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[ethicalcannibal]

Very cool. Thanks for the heads up on the youtuber. I admire your resolve to take so many pictures.

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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I'm a beginner too. :) It's so much fun once you're engrossed in a specific thing, but it is definitely so versatile that the possibilities seem.. well.. endless! It's so tempting to try all the cool techniques people do. I hope you get back into polymer clay so I can peek over your virtual shoulder and see how you reproduce stone and bone. It sounds awesome.

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[ethicalcannibal]

If I get the time to create some clay goodness, I'll post pictures. You've inspired me.