miniproject

Le boyfriend came by and tinkered with it with some things out of the biggest toolbox I've ever seen for such a small job. When he'd taken the back off and straightened out the dent, it still didn't work, so I thought it was curtains for my little Sony Cybershot. A day or two later though, I wrangled my way to borrowing dad's camera, and noticed there was a screw missing on it. I suggested he use one of the screws from mine, since I was sadly going to be taking it to bits soon anyway. Thankfully we always see things differently, and soon I was being called into the hallway and having a mugshot taken with the miraculously working camera of mine. Hurrah! It simply needed a little rest, it seems, after being "operated on" before it was ready to rock and roll.

So the blog goes on!



( and here are the latest things.. )

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.

It's lovely to see your journals on my reading page. Hello there!

I have lately made little plates and bowls, some with food in them. A marble or wood effect table (covered brass) with a saucepan in the same vein. An 8th birthday princess cake with candles. Some barbells. A real wax candle. Some granite worktops with stove and sink. Bread. Cakes. A meal of sausage and egg and neon beans on a plate. Pizza. Chocolate. Cans and grapes. The weirdest little pudding and toothbrush and paste. Also a cauldron and a retro telephone. At the moment I'm working on two lamps and some more bowls to make food. Unfortnately I haven't mastered the bowls of food yet.. and they may be worth a chuckle. They all look like... er... vom.

Bleugh!

Pics soonish.



It was 16 hours in the making and wound up being a talisman for a New Year's night moonlight goddess ritual. Woooo!