I
know this week's video is a bit long, but you are really getting two
projects in one video.
The
PB&J sandwich was high on my list of things to show you when I
decided to do the bread cane. I love how they look and it really is
an easy process. It just takes some time and there are several steps.
The
texturing portion of the project is exactly the same as for the
toast. You could even get away with not adding the texture the sides
of the bread slices that are going to be on the inside of the
sandwich. I was afraid I would loose track of which was the inside
side of the bread so I just textured both sides. It really only takes
a few seconds to texture both sides anyway.
I
like to pre-bake the bread slices when I am making these sandwiches.
I find if I don't I usually end up getting my bread all misshapen and
loose any texture I added. By baking the slices as soon as they are
textured you can be sure that they will stay the shape you want them
to be.
The
peanut butter clay mixture is a pretty easy one. I used 1 part Fimo
Sunflower (yellow) and 6 parts Sculpey III Tan this time. There are
other mixtures of clay that will yield the color we are looking for.
Just experiment with the colors of clay you have on hand.
After
we get a peanut butter color that we are happy with it is time to mix
the clay into the Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) this can take a
while just be patient and work at it until it is about the same
texture as real peanut butter. I find it is much easier to mix TLS
with softer clays.
Next
we spread the “peanut butter” onto the bread just like if we were
making a real sandwich. The only difference is that since we needed
to cut the sandwich before we made it (so we could add the texture to
that cut edge) we need to make the filling look like the knife drug
it out of the sandwich when it was cut.
You
can make the jelly with TLS if you want but my real preference is to
use Liquid Kato clay for anything that I want to look really
translucent. I used the same “jelly” recipe as last week for the
toast. Just remember to use oil paint to color liquid clay not
acrylic paint.
You
don't need to add the jelly to the middle of each sandwich half just
to the edges. And make sure some of it drips down the sides of the
sandwich. You want people to know you put it there!
I
decided to add a bonus project of the jar of peanut butter. I tried
several things before I decided to go with the PVC pipe. Then it took
way too long to get it cut even close to straight. It was just one of
those days around here. In the end I decided to go with it almost
straight.
I
wanted add some dimension to the jar so I used some quilling paper.
These are just 1/8” stripes of paper that comes pre-cut. I usually
have a bunch of it on hand for projects because it is usually
in-expensive and makes a lot of project go a lot faster. Feel free to
cut a strip of paper if you don't have this.
After
gluing the two bands onto my piece of PVC pipe I painted it with some
acryilic paint that was as close to the color of peanut butter as I
could find in my drawer. It did take several coats of paint to make
everything look nice and smooth.
After
the paint I coated everything with about 4 coats of Triple Thick, I
love how this product makes the project look like a glass jar.
At
this point simply add a label and a lid and you are done.
I
love how this project turned out. I hope you do too.
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