Food from polymer clay. How to sculpt?

For a long time the polymeric clay has gained popularity among many needlewomen. This material gives freedom in creativity. By its properties, polymer clay is similar to plasticine. But after processing (baking) it becomes firm and firm. It is for this reason that creative people loved it. In this article, we'll tell you about what kind of food is made from polymer clay and what it takes to create it yourself.

Cakes

What kind of food from polymer clay is in high demand? Very often you can see cakes molded from polymer clay. Make them quite simple, and you will need quite a small amount of clay and tools. Take a brown and, for example, white plastic. Roll out small layers of them. Then cut the layers of the future cake with a mold. Connect the layers, alternating colors. Then take an awl or a toothpick. Circular movements walk on the sides of the cake, as if loosening them. So you create a porous texture for the biscuits that make up your cake. Then on the cake you need to apply the cream. It can be made either from liquid plastics, or from acrylic paint. The latter option will be much cheaper. Apply the paint or gel to the cake and then proceed to decorating. You can sculpt miniature berries and roses from the "cream". Or, for example, you can make fruit sausages, cut them, and then lay them on the cake.

Other sweets

Of course, miniature food from polymer clay is different. In addition to the cakes, you can make croissants, macaroons, bread, rolls, muffins, plain bread and many other things from plastic. Pretty simply molded food from polymer clay. We will show you the master class below.

Particularly popular with needlewomen is the use of macaroons. They simply sculpt, and they look in the doll house and in the bracelets is rather unusual. You just need to take three balls. Two of them should be the same color. Then you need to make cakes from pellets, combine them and create a texture with a needle. You can also make an imitation of powdered sugar from white shadows and varnish.

Culinary miniature for doll house

Often to create a realistic house for dolls, you need food from polymer clay, a photo of which you can see below. Remember that if you make sweets and food for dolls, then finished products should be without a hole for the cable or pin.

Usually the food from polymer clay for a doll house is larger than the one that is molded for jewelry. If you sculpt a very large cake and want to save on the material, then you can use a foil base. It is necessary to take a small lump, to give it the necessary form and then gently clay with clay. The main thing - do necessarily a small hole in the cake. Otherwise, your product in the baking process will simply swell and become hopelessly spoiled.

Necessary tools and materials

What materials will you need to make the food from polymer clay beautiful and appetizing? Of course, not only plastic. To create an invoice, use sharp toothpicks, an awl or a needle. To make the cream on the cake or cake, you can take a special gel for clay or acrylic or oil paint. Note that the paint will cost you about five times cheaper, and the effect will be the same. To create cakes, you can buy special cutters in the form of flowers and asterisks. In addition, you may need cutters in the form of circles or squares. Also take care of the presence of an acute knife. If the knife is blunt, then when cutting the cake you can grease the layers. Of course, this is easy to fix, but it will be better if the knife is good.

A little bit about the clay itself

Plastic is baked and self-healing. Usually, food from polymer clay is baked in either an oven or an aerogrill. In the cakes for cream layers you can use translucent plastic. So the product will look more interesting. It looks good in products and plastic with pearlescent effect.

Be sure to observe the technique of baking clay. If the temperature is not high enough, the finished food made of polymer clay will be very fragile. If you accidentally exceed the temperature, the product may just burn, becoming more dark and not very beautiful.