Simply Delicious
Miniatures
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Just looking atMary Eccher's foods
can destroy a diet!
TOP: MARY CALLS THIS charming kitchen "strawberry-ish." It's one of the first room settings in her collection.
BOTTOM: A tempting group of Mary's foods is arrayed on a miniature buffet her mother brought from Germany years ago.
"If you get Mrs. Beeton's Cookbook, for instance," Mary comments, "it doesn't have pictures. It's just a Victorian cookbook that was written so long ago even the ingredients are different from what we have now." But all foods, no matter what setting or time period they belong in are made up of two parts, Mary explains: "A solid part and a liquid part. A cherry pie, for instance, has a crust which is a solid part, and the cherries which are a solid part. Then there's juice in that pie, and that's the liquid part."
Each of the parts can be created with one or another of the variety of modeling compounds and resins that are readily available today, using techniques Mary has developed and generously shares.
Over the years, Mary has written many how-to-articles and other publications . Her workshops at National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts Houseparties and other gatherings have always been among the most popular. "It makes me proud," she says, "when a student has gone on to create foods using my techniques. The techniques are just that ---- techniques. It's their own talent."
October 1996
Handcrafted Collectible Dollhouse Scale Miniature Foods, Beverages and Accessories
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