Melting icemen sculptures!!

Holy cow!! Check this out! Nele Azevedo, a Brazilian artist, had a public installation where she sat hundreds of these little sculptures on some steps!! How in God's name did she manage to put them all on display before the first one became a puddle?? She must have worked VERY fast!! I love this!!

Chow Mein, fish, and uhh...eyeballs

Another rather long absence from blogging :-(. I've been busy making things for customers- a gypsy theme, fish and produce for a house, etc. I think I've mentioned this before, but I've always loved looking in the windows of Japanese restaurants- the ones with the fake food displays, complete with hovering chopsticks. There was a time, in San Francisco, when I looked into buying some of them (NOT cheap!). This was before I got into making miniatures. So, I've made a wee version of Chow Mein with "floating" chopsticks! I think I will make a bowl of Japanese noodle soup with chopsticks next. The other pieces are Rainbow Trout and the ubiquitous eyeball thing ;-).

Asian Pears

Asian Pears are one of my favorite fruits! They are quite large, apple shaped, and nearly the color of Bosc Pears. The flesh is firm and crisp, not mushy in the least. I've made a basket full of extra speckly ones ;-).

I'm not dead. Yet.

Looooong time no blog!! I want to announce the opening of my talented buddy's shop!! Alison Shibata has started her own website where you can feast your eyes on her wonderful creations!! GO ALISON!!!!

  http://www.blissminiatures.com/

As for me, still more eyeballs, along with other things ;-). I know I said I'd stop!!!

More Mexican food

It started with melted cheese, and now, ends with beans! My Mexican run is coming to a close...I think ;-)!
There is one thing (among several) I miss about living in Los Angeles, and that's good Mexican and Cuban food. Although we have truly KILLER food here in Hawaiii, I have yet to find a decent Mexican restaurant. I've tried! Last week, I even went to a food truck that everyone raved and yelped about. OMG, so mediocre!!! Aaargh!!

Tacos

Here's one of my taco platters. They're very similar looking to the ones my mom makes, except her shells are crunchier. Lots of steps for making these puppies....and I always swear afterwards that I'm never making them again!! I'm a masochist (because I actually made a dozen :-/).

 

I'm on another little Mexican kick

Sorry I've been neglecting blogland!! I've been very busy and blogger has been driving me apeshit!

Well, you know the drill: once I make a certain thing, I have to keep going. It started with grilled cheese sandwiches, and I had a bunch of melted cheese left, so I thought, ok, nachos...then quesadillas, then....you get the picture ;-). It's funny but when my mom sees something I've made, she sometimes makes the real thing for dinner! This means I need to make tacos, because hers are killer!!