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pieces of Polyform modeling compound, shape them irregularly with fingertips and texture them with tip of X-Acto knife. Bake as above. Arrange and glue "ingredients" to miniature platter. Brush on a bit of amber glass stain, especially to apples and ham for "cooked" look. For gravy, pour tiny amount of resin into paper cup. Add touch of amber transparent dye and slightest touch white opague color. Add catalyst and stir thoroughly. With toothpick, drizzle gravy over platter. Allow to harden overnight.
CASTING RESIN
For detailed modeling compound instructions, please read the following articles
in "Mary's Menus":
2) Stout Hearted Fare
Early settlers brought these
Old World dishes to America
FEBRUARY 1986
SCHNITZ AND KNEPP
Photo by Mary Eccher
Tools and Materials
Resin and catalyst
Amber glass stain
White opague color
Amber transparent dye
X-Acto knife
Paper cup, toothpicks, stirring stick
Miniature platter
Fimo --- transparent slightly tinted with ochre for apple slices, rosewood for ham chunks, Polyform modeling compound for dumplings, one inch piece cut from plastic drinking straw.
Roll out apple-colored Fimo on flat surface to thickness of 1/32 inch. Cut apple slices with piece of drinking straw, putting hole in middle of each apple slice with toothpick. Bake in oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes. For ham chunks, add tiny bit of apple-colored Fimo to small piece of rosewood Fimo and half-mix this until marbleized. Then roll snake about 1/8 inch in diameter. Cut into ham pieces with X-Acto knife. Bake as above. For dumplings, use tiny
by Mary Eccher
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