This
week I decided to make mini cherries mainly because I wanted to
indulge my love of cherries and I could justify buying extra to have
for models for the video. LOL They truly are one of my favorites of
the summer fruits so it made them even more fun to make the video for
all of you.
I
found that my package of Premo crimson clay was a very good match
color wise for the cherries I had on hand so that made for an easy
selection of color. Just match the cherries you find in your store to
the clays you have, you might need to mix to get a good match in
other brands of clay or with cherries from a different location. Do
keep in mind that red clays do get darker when you bake them so keep
that in mind when choosing (or mixing) your color.
For
this demo I used a new box that I had designed based on another one
I remember from those trips to get produce in the summers of my
childhood. This one has a more solid bottom and is much more shallow
so we don't need to make so many cherries to fill it. I will demo the
box in a few weeks, and I am planning to use it again for some
berries and such.
Even
though the box not nearly as deep as the other containers I had on
hand I still didn't really want to make enough cherries to fill it up
from the bottom. The solution I came up with was to fill the bottom
of the box with some clay by firs spreading some TLS on the bottom
and then using a ball stylus to press the clay into the bottom. I
made sure to leave the top rough so that the next layer of cherries
would fall more naturally. Next I added several layers of small balls
of clay all about the size that the finished cherries would be.
Throughout the layers of these little balls of clay I added small
snippets of the glue stiffened thread that I would be using to make
the cherry stems later. By doing this I gave the illusion that there
are a lot more details that there really are. You can see some of
those “stems” from the top thus fooling the eye into thinking
that there are cherries there instead of just the balls of clay.
When
I got to the top layer I started making the actual mini cherries
adding the stems to the tops. I didn't really need as many as I
thought I would since the stems are visible from below. Remember you
don't see the stems on every cherry in the box in real life either.
Some have lost their stems and some are turned the other way. So the
illusion is there without as much work.
These
cherries would look so wonderful in a small bowl on the counter of
your dollhouse kitchen or even on a mini paper towel next to the
kitchen sink like they are drying from being washed. I may have to do
just that with a few of the extra cherries I made.
The
rest of the pictures this week show the box of cherries with the rest
of our growing collection of produce.
I
hope you are enjoying this series of videos, be sure to request your
favorite items of produce. I am making a list and working from it as
I have time and as the different types of produce show up in the
stores.
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