Handmade, 1:12 scale miniature food and oddities from IGMA Fellow, Kiva Atkinson
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Chinese veg board
I couldn't stand to look at that thing anymore, so I'm replacing it with something better that I made a few years ago. I like making bean sprouts. I must be a masochist.
Thank you Jocelyn!! This is something I made about 3 or 4 years ago, so it's an old pic! I had hideous one up but I took it down because I couldn't stand it, lol! I do crank em out pretty fast, though.
When I first started making stuff, I visited Bertha Wong's old site and was inspired after seeing her bean sprouts. I got so excited because I didn't know at that time that people made miniature Asian food :-D! This was maybe 6 years ago. I'm glad you like them!!
ROFL!!!!!!!!!! Cindy, flummoxed is being KIND! Come on, that thing was TRAGIC!! It stayed up for all of, what? Half and hour? That was long enough, lol!!!
Steph!! Damn, I'll never live that thing down now! That was like the first pig's head I tried to make, following Sue Heaser's book. I didn't like the way it looked uncooked, so I probably painted it some weird color :-p. It's much better to look at a real pig's head...a COOKED one! I actually found that thing in a drawer- I never bothered snapping a pic of it back then. I took a picture of it to show you guys just how ghastly it was!
The first time I made a fish, I followed the instructions in an old issue of a miniatures magazine, I forget which one. But it said to cut out a fish shape using paper, lay it on some rolled out clay, then cut it with scissors :-/. WTF?? You can imagine how THAT one turned out!
Hey Sans, I am glad you missed it. It would have visited you in your dreams, like it did to me last night. A giant, shiny, orange pig's head. That thing will haunt me for all eternity. I wish I never found it.
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Kiva, how do you churn out these beauties so fast!! :) and what a familiar sight, yumm those taogei/beansprouts look so real and crunchy!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jocelyn!! This is something I made about 3 or 4 years ago, so it's an old pic! I had hideous one up but I took it down because I couldn't stand it, lol! I do crank em out pretty fast, though.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first started making stuff, I visited Bertha Wong's old site and was inspired after seeing her bean sprouts. I got so excited because I didn't know at that time that people made miniature Asian food :-D! This was maybe 6 years ago. I'm glad you like them!!
Here it is, Jocelyn- her old site where I saw the bean sprouts:
ReplyDeletehttp://berthawong.8m.com/vegetarian/index.html
The bean sprouts are looking just fabulous !!!
ReplyDeleteSynnøve
Awww, thank you synnøve! I should have made a bigger pile!
ReplyDeleteack Kiva! i'd probably hate making bean sprouts as much as i hate plucking 'em :X
ReplyDeletebut they are worth it...so cute > <
i actually saw the hideous pig head, i just was so flummoxed by it i didn't have anything polite to say LOL :X :X
ROFL!!!!!!!!!! Cindy, flummoxed is being KIND! Come on, that thing was TRAGIC!! It stayed up for all of, what? Half and hour? That was long enough, lol!!!
ReplyDeleteloool! I saw the "thing" anyway :D :D you should have left it, it gives other miniaturists a bit hope!
ReplyDeletehugs!
Steph!! Damn, I'll never live that thing down now! That was like the first pig's head I tried to make, following Sue Heaser's book. I didn't like the way it looked uncooked, so I probably painted it some weird color :-p. It's much better to look at a real pig's head...a COOKED one! I actually found that thing in a drawer- I never bothered snapping a pic of it back then. I took a picture of it to show you guys just how ghastly it was!
ReplyDeleteThe first time I made a fish, I followed the instructions in an old issue of a miniatures magazine, I forget which one. But it said to cut out a fish shape using paper, lay it on some rolled out clay, then cut it with scissors :-/. WTF?? You can imagine how THAT one turned out!
Oh shucks! I missed the pig's head???Amazing how many Singapore bloggers follow your blog, Kiva :):).
ReplyDeleteHey Sans, I am glad you missed it. It would have visited you in your dreams, like it did to me last night. A giant, shiny, orange pig's head. That thing will haunt me for all eternity. I wish I never found it.
ReplyDeleteI love the Singaporeans!! They are my peeps :-D!!
There are many resume writing services on the market. It's a good idea to select a few and compare them side by side. The best way to do this is by reading a number of reviews. A good place to find these reviews is on the internet.
ReplyDeleteThe first step is to go to the website that advertises that they have the top resume writing service. You can also do an internet search for resume writing services reviews.