Merry Christmas 2010

Hi, I will busy guiding for the next 2 weeks so this will be my last blogging for the year 2010.
Thank you for your support and wish you a very  Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year !

See you in 2011 and below is a miniature 2D christmas tree and a tray of miniature cakes , for you! Hope you like it!

Miniature Nasi Lemak

I love nasi lemak especially with otah. I have made a real size nasi lemak before (  few years agao)  The 2nd & 3rd picture showed the extremly small nasi lumah I made recently and with my favourite otah. Hope you like it.

Miniature pastries

In my basic miniature food making course, you will learn how to make the filling of food eg the cream , peanuts etc. Use the technic that you have learned, try to do somthing like above. 

Those who already learned miniature pastries & breads, now you can do something special, like cellphone chains or  key chains . That will be the one and only one in the world..... your master piece!

Miniature Huat kueh

Miniature Huat Kueh ( steam kueh) 

Mini Brown huat kueh

Most popular is the orange colour huat kueh 

Huat kueh is always the most popular thing for offering . With bao together is called (bao huat 包发) .

Miniature durian

To make the thorn of a miniature durian is very simple but to make them evenly .... you need a pair of good scissors and more  practice. Below is the best I can do for the durians. As requested : the miniature handmade dim sum container with baos and huat kueh and a plate of durians.

                                 I have made the fresh big because I love durian so much.

Miniature sushi

I love sushi, what about you? Make some miniature sushi for yourself. Alison really enjoyed making all her favourite sushi!

Miniature accessories

You can make use all the miniatures you have done. For exapmle like these:

a miniature brooch

a pair of mee poh ear-rings (below)

Doll figurines

This is another custom made couple figurine.
                                                           

                                                                                  

First date figurine

Below is one of my custom made figurine of a lovely couple.

Front

Back

This sweet little couple figurine (clay) I have made recently is a gift  for his girl friend on  their first year anniversary.  He showed me the photo that  was taken in a park and I follow the attires they wore on that day and custom made for he.

 Do you want to have such a lovely figurine  as a gift too for someone special and on special occassion ? I can custom made for you.

miniature noodles

These are some of my handmade miniature clay noodles recently. I have change the rooster bowl to a small plate as many of my students say they can hardly find the mini bowls, so I use these plates instead of bowls. You can still made a plate of nice miniatue noodles !  Look delicious.....

To someone special

Some nice handmade miniature local food for someone. Can you name them out?

Miniature cake

Happy Deepavali!

I feel like eating cakes these few days, but real cake make me fat cause I eat a lot......at one time, so I made all these miniature cake for myself and also for celebration of Deepavali.

strawberry cake

fruit cake

Happy hours

Ariel (left) and her mum (center) enjoyed their lesson last week.

Ariel did all these. (above) The little piggy (right) looks very cute and that was her first time using clay to make an animal.

How to make a miniature fish

Here are the steps to make a simple miniature fish. I used to make fish facing left, this time try to make it face right. (it is different, try it yourself, to me, facing right is difficult)



1. Make the shape of a fish. (use orginal colour of Japanese clay)





2. colour the whole fish with light gry when it is completely dried.
 ( i use acrylic col and the coulor a bit dark)





3. Use black and silver to high-light the whole fish. Black
 on the fins and silver on its body. You can add more silver
 to the body too.




4. Put the fish onto a plate add some chilli, anythings
you like. Finish it by putting high gloss.



miniature boxes

Below are the miniature boxes I made recently. You can put your miniature pastry, biscuit or donuts into it/

On the cover of the box , I paste a  lovely Japanese doll ( I made it myself) to decorate the box. You can use hard board, A4 paper, Japanese paper or other paper materials to make the box.

Miniature cigarette

I don"t smoke so when someone ask me to custom made cigarette, I will ask those who has cigarette and let me take a look at them.

If you cannot recall any images that you want to make, go and look for them. this will help you a lot .

I tried to use paper to make the cigratte box but I failed as it is too small and doesn't look good after folding all the edges. so  I used clay to make it. The miniature lighter beside it looks real when you add a small piece of aluminium onto it.

Miniature Fish

When I first time try to make a miniature fish, I really have some difficults to sharp the shape. It looks easy but when you really try you will find it...... hmmm not so easy.

But when you try 2 to 3 times , you will get the right shape of a fish. I will show you how to colour the fish next time when I have time. the most satisfied fish that I have done is the 鲳鱼, as shown below but it is not with me now because it is a custom made item. I am not sure I can still do that perfect fish again....

Miniature handmade tray

It will look nicer if you put all your miniature food on a tray. It is difficult to buy  a mini tray , so       know how to make your own tray is very important.                                                                               

Ok, let's start now. What you need is a piece of basswood (or 飞机木) (you can buy it from artfriend) and some bamboo sticks ( I bought it from daiso long ago) If you cannot get the bamboo stick than use clay to make .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                    

First, cut the size of tray you want. 

Then cut the bamboo stick accordingly to the four sides and paste it

 

The four side of the tray on the left is made with clay.

Colour the tray and make use of the materials you have.

paste it on the surface of the tray firmly.

Place your favourite food and have a happy meal!