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.

Some Second Attempts

Recently I have remade some projects for a second time. This includes the pizza, brisket and sushi.


Brisket
The meat color is tricky. See my previous attempt for more details. What I changed was:

• I added a little bit of translucent to the meat dough. I just chopped it in, not blended. 
• With red chalk I added more to the smoke ring.
• I added some brown chalk caramelized areas to the flesh. 
• Darker crust (black chalk) and tried to make the edges of the slices sloppier. (with a tooth pick)

Brisket Magnet

Miniature Brisket

Miniature meat board with cornbread

 Pizza
 Here is my first attempt at pizza.  What I have changed is the sauce and cheese.

• Now I make the crust then fill the entire base with tomato sauce. Making sure to spill some on the crust. Bake for 5-10min.
• Then slop on some liquid cheese (liquid translucent, white and a little yellow). Also drape some cheese strings over the crust. You can brush chalk on these pieces to make them look toasted.  Finally add the toppings and any chalk detailing. 

Bad crust but good cheese and sauce details

I forgot to texture the crust with a toothbrush. It made a HUGE difference. It looks a lot less real.

Good crust (textured with a toothbrush), not great cheese

Sushi
I have blogged about sushi a few times. The newest thing I have changed was the:

• little seaweed wraps on the pieces of sushi.
• More garnish. A slide of lime or orange and some wasabi (I used wasabi colored clay with a little translucent mixed in. 

Some miniature polymer clay sushi

Christmas Break Miniatures

polymer clay bread, eggs, cured meat and lemons. ohhh my bread is getting good!

Over the Christmas break I sacrificed basic personal hygiene for the love of mini making. Ok well, I was at my parents house where I revert back to a 5 year old that refuses to shower and claims all food (including milk poured into a glass) tastes better when my mom makes it for me. I also sported snow pants on every venture outside the house.

salmon roll and shrimp (polymer clay)

Anyway, I have been on a bit of a cake and sushi kick (see Lemon Cake blog here). I think the shrimp are looking OK. People can recognize what they are.. so that is a bonus. Although a few people asked me what this was:

Extra globs of clay that I stick sharp things into so that I do not accidentally stick them in my fingers.

It is just a glob of clay that I stick pins into. Are my clay foods that bad that this could possibly be mistaken for a cake or sausage or bird of paradise? 

Check out how to make a sushi roll here (Sushi Roll)

Quick Shrimp Tutorial

polymer clay miniature shrimp

miniature polymer clay sushi

I also attempted a mini gingerbread house. I sort of lost interest part of the way through though. I think a mini gingerbread church with stained glass windows would be fun (use translucent clay for the windows).

polymer clay mini gingerbread house

I think I made the house too big. Also it might be wise to bake all the pieces separately then glue them together. Actually I have no idea. I did bake the shingles before cutting them. They turned out a lot nicer that way.

Miniature Dollhouse Sushi

Polymer clay miniature sushi

Last night I made some mini sushi. Check out these california roll cane and salmon tutorials for extra inspiration. I used them to help figure out how to make these.


California Roll Cane: I used the tutorial (linked above) to help guide me. The main "ingredient" is the rice canes. The rice are translucent clay wrapped in a mixture of white and translucent mixed together. After you have the rice, make some vegetable clay worms to put in the middle of the roll.

After I rolled out and cut the mini California rolls I used a pin to texture them.

Salmon: To make the salmon I layered white and orange clay. Both the orange and white have translucent mixed in.  After it is layered I mushed and stretched it until it looks like salmon. I also smear the white lines to make them look less perfect.

dollhouse miniature sushi