Pop Art Food Sculpture

Assignment

Your assignment is to make a food sculpture out of clay you can make in your kitchen! This is a creative challenge combining sculpture, cooking, and creativity. I don't know about you, but I'm gettin hungry!

Examples

Week 1: Planning and Preparation

Sketch and Plan

Create a sketch for what you want your food sculpture to look like. Think about color. Upload and image of your sketch to the planning proposal.

Week 2: Making your Food Sculpture

Clay Recipes

There are several different recipes for homemade clay. I will post a couple good options in case you do not have all of the materials needed.

Recommended recipe: Sculpty Clay

Ingredients

1cup Flour

1/2 Cup Salt

1 Tbsp Canola/Vegetable Oil

1/2 Cup Water

350-360 F to bake it.

I recommend using this recipe! Very easy to make and has a great consistency.

Make sure you store in a plastic bag to keep from drying out!

Other Optional Recipes

Cold Porcelain Clay - not edible, please don't eat your sculpture

**ADVICE***

Pros:

This clay is nice.

It feels a lot like Playdoh.

It is a bright white color

Cons:

Hard to make

Requires A LOT of glue- more expensive

MESSY to make and difficult to clean

NO NEED TO BAKE, JUST LET DRY OUT!

Materials & Ingredients:

1 pot- not your nicest pot

Large mixing bowl

Spatula

Spoon

Plastic wrap or bag

Hand lotion

2 tbs vegetable/baby oil

2 tbs lime juice or vinegar

1cup corn starch

1cup white glue

Salt Dough

Directions

Stir salt and water in a saucepan over heat 4-5 minutes.
Remove from heat; add cornstarch and cold water.
Stir until smooth; return to heat and cook until thick.
Allow the clay to cool, then shape as desired.
When dry, decorate with paint, markers, glitter, and so on.
If you like, finish with clear acrylic spray or clear nail polish.
Store unused clay in a Ziploc bag.

2 cups salt
2/3 cups water
Saucepan
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup cold water

No-Bake Craft Clay

Directions

Combine cornstarch, water, and baking soda in saucepan; stir over medium heat for about 4 minutes until mixture thickens to a moist mashed-potato consistency. (For colored clay, add a few drops of food coloring to the water before it is mixed with cornstarch and baking soda.)
Remove from heat, turn onto plate, and cover with a damp cloth until cool.
Knead until smooth.
Shape as desired or store in an airtight container or Ziploc bag.
Dry sculptures overnight, then paint with tempera or acrylic.
Seal with shellac, acrylic spray, or nail polish.

1 cup cornstarch
1 1/4 cups cold water
2 cups baking soda (1 pound)
Saucepan
Food coloring (optional)
Plate
Damp cloth
Tempera or acrylic paints (optional)
Clear shellac, acrylic spray, or nail polish

Coloring the clay (optional)

You have a choice. You can dye your clay with food coloring or make your sculpture out of the white clay and paint it later. You can also choose to keep your sculpture the original color of the clay if you don't have materials you need to color it.

In order to preserve your clay, know what colors you need to make and how to make them before you begin!!!

Video directions:

Attaching Two Pieces of Clay

If you want to attach two pieces of clay together, remember you need to SCORE + SLIP!!

Score- roughing up two both areas you plan to attach together.

Slip- use a little water to smear between the two pieces you are attaching. It will help the two pieces dry together.

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