The difference in this one is the broth. Previously, I had made my broth by combining translucent Liquid Fimo with chalk pastels. This colored the gel pretty well, but also left particulate that was not all that helpful, especially because of the remarkable clarity provided by Liquid Fimo. Did an experiment, and filled a small squeeze bottle part way with Liquid Fimo, and then added one drop each of a yellow and a golden alcohol ink. (Ranger Adirondack Lemonade and Sunshine Yellow). I left the bottle uncapped for a bit to allow most of the alcohol to evaporate and then mixed it with a wire.
Matzoh balls were previously shaped, textured and baked, and vegetables were previously sculpted and baked, with the celery and carrots being canes. Bowls are baked first, currently using the Sculpey Hollow Bead Maker tray.
I'm really pleased with the translucency of this, without any particulate visible. The color is really nice, and I think this will work well for future projects as well.
The squeeze bottles I got were kind of terrible, so ordered a different kind last week. I might also have fallen to squeezing the Liquid Fimo into the mini bottles by using a clamp. It's really slow work...
How did you texture the matzo ball? Brilliant work!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI rolled it over some very coarse sand paper.