Making Miniature Marmalade

Tools Required

• Scissors
• Craft Knife
• Small Rolling pin
• Tile
• Oven
• Standard medicine spoon

Materials Required

• Kitchen table
• Fabric
• Polymer clay in orange, yellow, translucent & white
• Solid Water from Deluxe Materials
• Small wicker basket
• Small glass jars
• Orange oil paint (or yellow & red to mix)
• Talcum powder
• Sandpaper
• Kitchen Equipment i.e. juicer, scales, cutlery, pots & pans etc

Step 1

• Mix 1/8 of a bar of transclucent with 1/16 of orange and yellow for the flesh of the orange.
• Roll the mixed clay into a ball.
• Flatten to make a cylinder, then cut in half.       
• Dust the worksurface with talcum powder.
• Roll a piece of white clay out as thinly as you can.
• Cut a slice to fit between the two halves.
• Cut the disc in half again as in the 2nd photo and add another white slice in the centre.
• Continue until you have 8 segments.            

Step 2

• Roll out a thin strip long enough to go right round the entire edge of the clay disc.
• Roll a slightly thicker strip of orange clay and fix around the outer edge of the whole.    
• Reduce the disc into a cane by squeezing the centre outwards.
• Do this gradually until it is thin enough to roll in your hands like a sausage.
• Don't worry if you lose the outer cover of orange clay, you will still  be able to use this cane as skinless orange.
• Keep rolling until the desired thickness is achieved.
• This should make about an 18" long cane of orange.  

Step 3

• Whole oranges can be made from orange clay straight from the packet.
• For the dimpled effect on the skin, roll on a piece of sandpaper.
• For oranges that will be cut open, cut about 1/4" from an unbaked cane.
• Carefully pinch the open ends, bringing the orange outer clay over the open segments.
• Roll into a small ball and roll on sandpaper.
• Cut these in half or into segments.        
• You can also use a sharpe knife to slice the skin or peel away from the oranges.
• Take an orange half and gently press onto a juicer, carefully remove to reveal a squeezed orange.
• Leave the other half on top of the juicer.    
• When  you are ready, bake the prepared canes, oranges, segments and pieces according to the manufacturers instructions.

Step 4 - Arranging the Table

• Fold and glue a piece of material over a corner of the table.
• Fix another piece of fabric into the wicker basket.    
• Fill the basket with whole oranges.
• Fix to the top of the cloth and add a couple of loose oranges to the side.
• Fix the part peeled oranges, some sections, a knife, the juicer and some skins to a board.
• Cut some slices of orange cane and put into a jug.
• Add solid water to the jug - colour this with orange oil paint.
• Add drops of orange coloured solid water around the juicer, cut oranges and on the knife.    
• Arrange on the table.
• Add some orange segments to a pair of miniature weighing scales.
• Drizzle with solid water to give them a wet look.
• Fill a large pan with Solid Water and add strips and slices of orange plus a spoon.
• Fill some jam jars with the mixture.
• Add a funnel to the top of a jar and drizzle on more solid water to the sides.    
• Allow 24 hours for the Solid Water to set.
• Cover the jars with circles of fabric and add tiny labels.
• Arrange all the items on the table.
• Add pots and pans to the underside of the table if yours has a ledge beneath.

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