CDHM The Miniature Way iMag, Tutorials, October 2010, Issue 9

CDHM The Miniature Way
October 2010, Issue 9
Tutorial: Orange Sections
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CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 23

Now roll your orange clay mix in a pasta machine at grade 5.

If you don´t have a pasta machine you can roll out the clay with a rolling pin or a jar, try to get it as even as possible, about 1mm (1/32").

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 24

When you have done that roll the white mix in the pasta machine at grade 5,5 or 6 if you can.

If rolling the clay out whit a rolling pin try to get it as thin as possible.

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 25

Now put the white sheet on top of the orange sheet and lay it with the orange side down on a sandpaper.

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 26

Check that there are no tiny fibres on the white clay, this will ruining the result later on.

Now use your needle or needle tool and texture the surface with small movements. Think of how orange peels looks inside and try to get that effect.

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 27

Now you take your one sided razor blade (or a knife) and cut out a tiny peel. Then curl the little peel a bit with your fingers (like if it have actually came from a round orange).

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 28

Vary the sizes and shapes of the orange peels, they can be from 3-9mm (just over 3/32" to just under 3/8").

Put the orange peels on a tile and bake them in the oven according to your clay manufacturers recommendations. Mine is Fimo® soft, so I bake them in 15 minutes in 110C (235F).

CDHM artisan Hanna Lindroth doing business as Mini Chef shows you a how-to on making peeled oranges in dollhouse 1:12 scale

Step 29

Take the orange clay mix that you put aside earlier. Roll this clay into a even snake approximately 6mm (just under ¼") in diameter. Then measure up and cut of a section of 7mm (just over ¼") from the snake.

Note, my ruler here only shows centimeters.