First
I am so sorry about the noises my fan caused throughout the video. We
are under a heat advisory this weekend and I needed the fan in order
to function. Hopefully in the future I can position it so it causes
less noise.
So
this week I had planned to attempt to make a tomato cane. I had all
of the clay I needed except for translucent. So I went to Jo-Ann's
yesterday to pick up the clay and some things I needed for a sewing
project. I know I had the clay in my basket. I am really sure I put
it on the counter with my other purchases. However, it was no where
to be found when I got home. At least a quick check of my receipt
showed that I wasn't charged for the clay. I am not sure if it got
lost between the time I picked it up or if the cashier put it to the
side and missed it. Whatever the case I don't have enough translucent
clay to make the tomatoes so they will have to wait.
That
of course meant I had to find something else to show you today. I did
a quick look through my collection of mini resource books and came to
an article on bread. I decided that it might be fun to give you all a
basic tutorial on bread. This is more about the basic clay mix, how
to texture it and how to change the color to make other breads than
it is an in-depth tutorial on bread.
For
the basic white bread I like to use mix of 2 parts white and 1 part
tan/beige clays. This time it was Fimo white and Sculpey III Tan. The
mixture is a bit darker than I normally go with but it is still in
the ballpark for our project.
Next
we need to talk about texturing our bread. I am going “old school”
for this. Way back when I first started making clay foods I saw a lot
more people using things like cornmeal to texture the clay to give
the bread like texture. Now almost everyone uses a pointy tool to dig
the crumb texture into the surface. Personally I like to use a
combination of the two techniques.
You
have several choices of materials to add to the clay and you should
be able to find at least one of them in almost any kitchen. I used
cornmeal today but you can also use: ground rice, semolina, or ground
nutmeg to name a few. Now this does come with the risk of inviting
critters into our miniature scenes to snack on our creations. I can
say that I have been using these materials for over 20 years and
haven't had a problem. I do know a few people that say they have had
problems. I tell you this so you can decide for yourself if you want
to take a chance on it.
One
of the cool things about using the cornmeal is that it does expand
just a bit in the clay during the baking off process. This creates a
nice texture (more visible if you cut the bread after baking) I am
not sure if you can see it in my project today.
What
I want from today's project is for you to take this information and
get creative. Find some pictures of some cool breads from bakeries
and make something really cool for your dolls.
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