Dollhouse Miniature Olives & Pickles

 

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This week of the Saturday tutorial we are making some olives and sweet pickles to go on our meat and cheese board. I am really happy with how they came out and I hope you like them also. Remember to share pictures with me if you make any of the items from my tutorials, I love seeing what you are making.

So we are start out with the black olives, mainly because they are easiest of the projects so I figured they would be the best starting point. These are made from pretty much any black polymer clay. A firm clay will behave better than a soft one for the olives so keep that in mind.

To create the olives we need to roll a skinny snake of the black clay (about 1/16”, about the same as a toothpick) and cut 1/8” pieces. These need to be rolled into ovals (olive shape)  

 

 

 

 

Then we use a toothpick to make the large hole in the end of the olive. Use a pointy tool to make the hole in the opposite end. Carefully move to a baking surface and bake at 250°F for 7 or 8 minutes.

For the green olives I needed to mix some clay since I didn't have a color I was happy with. I found that equal parts Sculpey III in Camouflage Green and Fimo in Sunshine Yellow make a really good olive color. We form the olives exactly the same as we made the black ones and then bake them the same way.

Once they are baked we can use some red clay to make the “pimento” in the olives. Simply use a pointy tool to place small bits of red clay inside each green olive. Then bake again this time for about 6 or 7 minutes or so should be fine.

For the pickles we will mix equal parts Camouflage Green and Translucent clay with just a tiny bit of black clay. 

 

 

 

 

Then roll into a 1/16” snake again but these about ¼” long. Then soften the ends of the pickles. Next use a dish scrubby pad to texture the pickles. Then give some of them a slight curve. Transfer to you baking surface and bake the same as for the olives.

I did show how to make a couple of simple bowls on the video using just what I had on hand to form them. For the small bowl I used one of my ball clay tools, this one is about 3/8” in diameter. Since I didn't want to bake my tool I placed the tool with the clay on it in the freezer for about 30 minutes to firm it up and then carefully removed it from the tool before baking. For the larger bowl I used a wooden button plug as a form. Since this is made of unfinished wood I baked right on it then removed the clay as soon as it came out of the oven.

Once all the clay is baked and cooled to room temperature you can add a thin coat of Mod Podge. For the bowls I used a very thin coat of Gloss and for the pickles and olives a thin coat of mat.

I love how the meat and cheese board is coming together and can't wait to put it all together soon.

 

 

 

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