Making Mini Sushi (octopus and avocado/salmon rolls)

Miniature polymer clay sushi

Okay so I am done with mini pizzas (for now) and I have moved onto a past favorite, mini sushi. I did not do anything too complicated. I made octopus and avocado/salmon rolls. This is the first time I have put "salmon" on top of a sushi roll cane, and I'm really liking how it turned out. Again, these took forever! I worked on them for three nights after work. Hopefully next time its a bit faster, otherwise its going to take me five years to make enough junk for the craft fair.

Okay, so, maying its a bit weird putting orange and lime on a sushi platter, but I ran out of ideas and has some laying around. What is sushi served with anyway?

To make the mini octopus I made a 'suckers' cane with white+translucent in the middle, translucent+ maroon+red middle + maroon+red outer. Then I rolled the cane really really thin. I cut off tiny pieces and stuck two rows on top of a white+translucent log that has a thin layer of maroon+red on top. Then, finally, I use a pin and I push in all of the "suckers" and cut off some sushi sized slices.

Making mini octopus

The sushi rolls were done the usual way (First Sushi Blog), but this time I really fluffed up the rice after I cut thee cane.

salmon roll canes in the making. 

mini sushi

The only think left to do is stick on a few magnets.

Next up is mini cakes. I think Ill make some citrus cake platters and maybe a confetti cake.

Mini Pizza Take Two (Slices)

Miniature polymer clay slices 

Okay, I think I'm back in the mini groove...whoot whoot. Some local hero suggested I make mini slices, and I LOVE the results. Again I was shocked by how long they took. I distributed labour by making a bunch of toppings first (night one), then on the second night I made the dough and sauce and topped the buggers.

Clay toppings and "sauce". On the bottom left we have the tomato sauce, bottom right the cheese. Above we have the peppers, olives, pepperonis and red onion.  

I changed a few things since my last post. I used an old pepperoni cane (its more red) I also changed up how I made the sauce. Now Im mixing red+brown clay in with the translucent liquid clay AND adding some red chalk dust. I left the sauce chunky, but blended the "cheese" well.

Green pepper cane. The cane is made up of a translucent+white inner, translucent + a tiny bit of green middle, and a green outer. After cutting a slice I cut out three holes in the middle, then shapes it into a pepper (cur out the middle and shaped the outside). 

Before and after toppings (pre baked)

After I bake the minis I glaze them. This time I used the Sculpey brand clay glaze and for the toasty cheese bits I used glaze + lots of light brown chalk dust.

Mini clay pepperoni pizza with slice 

Mini clay pizza slices

Lemon Cake Recipe (mini style)

polymer clay mini cakes

Bake at 275F for about 45min, cool on rack, break teeth, poop out undigested mini cake.

Lemon White Cake 

mini cake made with polymer clay

Ingredients:

• Liquid translucent clay
• Sculpey (polymer clay) (cake colors and probably translucent)
• Scalpel or blade
• Possible glaze for finishing off garnishes after baking
• Brush, toothpick etc. 
• Some canes (lemon, lime, candy..). See below

polymer clay mini cake

1. Condition clay (I mix a little translucent into the colored clay.. I dono why) then cut out some circles (I use a hair spray cap for this). CHILL THE "DOUGH". If you don't put the clay in the fridge for a little bit  it will be too gooey when you try to cut it and you will have a bad time.
2. Cut a slice out of the chilled clay.
3. Take the tip of the scalpel (or a pin) and fluff up the clay. I make tiny little circles on the surface of the clay.
4. Ice the cake. You should already have a container with mixed up Sculpy and liquid clay. (I like to use as little liquid clay as possible). Use a toothpick or even a small brush to do the frosting.
5. Garnish the cake so that your company will be blown away (so that your friends think you are crazy yet talented).
6. Bake at 275 for 30min for each half cm of thickness (about 45min-1hr).

miniature cakes with polymer clay

Lime Cane

lime slice garnish on a mini lime cake

polymer clay lime cane