For the past week and or so, I’ve been sculpting miniature foods for a custom order consisting of a tiny menu of American summer foods and another menu of Italian warm weather eats. Today, I want to give you a tour of both, so make sure you’ve had something to eat before you scroll any further…
Starting with the American menu, we have a bowl of potato salad; a tray with burgers, hot dogs, corn dogs, and relish; corn on the cob with pats of butter (so many individually sculpted kernels!) ; a sloppy joe with fries; a layered ice cream cake; grilled steak; and a cherry pie. Hungry yet?
From the Italian menu, we have anguria, prosciutto e melone, pomodori e riso, zucche ripiene, bresaola, supplì, brodetto, and insalata di riso. I’ve included a few in-progress pictures of some of the dishes below.
In the following photo, the prosciutto e melone is on the right, the insalata di riso is in the bottom center, and the zucche ripiene are the little log-shaped pieces on the left. You can make out part of the brodetto in the upper center.
Here are in-progress pics of the insalata di riso in the previous photo.
And a view of the melon before I sliced it into thinner pieces:
The pomodori e riso was made with individually sculpted grains of rice, just like the insalata di riso shown in previous photos.
The bresaola is made from tiny pieces of clay pressed so thinly they were on the verge of tearing.
The supplì required more rice sculpting, and the anguria combined solid and liquid clays to mimic balls of fresh watermelon floating in its own juice.
Last but not least, the brodetto is shown here before it was baked and after, when the translucency of the liquid clay is much more apparent.
If you’d like to custom order some of your favorite foods, just email me to get started. I’d love to work with you!
May 10, 2013 at 4:08 pm
Hey Mo! Your foods are amazing as usual! Maybe you should consider doing a tutorial on Italian and other ethnic foods! Would love to see that!
Mini Hugs!
May 10, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Thanks, Gwen!! I love the ethnic food idea, and I have France and Italy on my list so far. Speaking of tutorials, I’m starting work on a new one next week, so stay tuned for email updates. 🙂
May 10, 2013 at 10:04 pm
Oh my gosh, you HAVE to make a tutorial book on these!! <3 I bought your breakfast one and I got the sandwich one for my birthday from my parents 😉 I'm probably going to be buying the Halloween and Christmas one soon!! 😀
May 10, 2013 at 11:29 pm
Can’t wait! I love your tutorials, they are so easy to understand! Have a GREAT weekend, Mo!
Hugs-Gwen
May 11, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Yay! Thanks for the feedback on the tutorials, Gwen! 🙂 Enjoy your weekend! ((hugs))
May 11, 2013 at 2:31 pm
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the tutorials, Marzia!! I’ve added Italian foods to my list of future tutorials, so as soon as I’m finished with a couple more books that I’ve already chosen topics for, I’ll start gearing up for Italian food fun! 🙂
May 15, 2013 at 3:13 pm
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May 18, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Hi I found your name on a video of Marie Forleo and just have to tell you that what you do is absolutely incredible!!! Soooo great – and I can’t imagine how you do this!! Didn’t even know these things existed in the world. Just super-lovely. Made me really speechless!! Regards from Italy! Melanie
May 18, 2013 at 6:24 pm
P.S. I’d love to see FRUIT-jewellry, like round sliced up orange or sliced round watermelon.
Then you could contact Freelea on youtube and get hooked up with her fruit-lovers-community. I’m sure many girls would love a necklace or earrings of their favourite fruit. She already promoted a different type of fruit jewellery – just for fun.
May 20, 2013 at 2:45 pm
Thank you for the great idea, Melanie! And thanks so much for reading. 😀