Doll Size Radishes

 

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For our project today I thought it would be fun to make some radishes for the dolls. This is a really easy polymer clay project that looks so real when you are finished. The steps are fairly easy and the shapes are all really simple.

We start by creating our stems and roots. For the roots I am using some white embroidery floss, it comes with 6 strands, divide it down to 3 strands. Cut some lengths a couple of inches long. Now give each of these a coat of TLS (Translucent Liquid Sculpey) and place on a non-stick baking surface.

The clay we are using today is mostly some of what I would refer to as one of my base colors. It is a mixture of equal parts white clay and translucent clay. Normally I buy a brick of each of these colors and mix both bricks together to have this on hand.

Take a small piece of the translucent/white clay mix and mix in a very tiny bit of any green clay. You just want to tint the clay a little bit green. Now roll it into 3 very thin snake and using your finger coat the snakes with some green artist chalk. This will give the outside of each snake a dark shell so they will show up better in the finished project. Now using a tiny bit of TLS to help them adhere press the 3 snakes into one larger snake. This will become our stems for our radishes.

Bake both the stems and roots for 10 minutes at the temperature recommended on your clay.

While those bake we can start to form our radishes. To do this using the same white/translucent clay mix make a small ball of clay for each radish you wish to make. These balls can be anywhere from about 3/8” to ½” in diameter. Now carefully slide each ball of clay onto a toothpick and allow them to rest for about 15 or 20 minutes. This allows the really soft translucent clay to firm back up a bit.

Once your stems are baked you can cut them into small pieces. It is okay if some of them come apart.

Now carefully remove the balls of clay from the toothpicks and using some TLS as glue add a small piece of the stems to the top end. Work the clay up snugly  against the stem.

Now again using some TLS as glue add a root to the opposite end of the radish and snug the clay up to it. Use your finger tips to blend the clay into the root so it is a smooth transition.

Once all the radishes are formed prepare some red and fuchsia pink chalk by scraping it to create a powder. Use a brush to apply the mixed colors of chalk to the radishes going just a tiny bit down onto the root.

Bake at recommended temperature for 20 minutes and allow to cool.

Use some scissors to trim the roots a bit to be more in scale with your radishes and you are ready to display them in your next doll scene.

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