The Bakery - Stage One

[owlgal]

What a great idea of using an drawer! Suddenly wide horizions of ideas are opening up to me... Oh and the rest is nice too

[davidsmum]

Hello Celestial

You've done great things with your Bakery - I love all the decorative twiddly bits!

[vivienne.a.baird]

I love your Bakery pictures my gandad was a baker 1920 -1930 and great grandad ( Master Baker) 1800s to 1930s
So was realy interesting

[DeeGee]

Wonderful pictures and a brilliant project, really enjoyed watching the slide show

[Celestial]

Originally Posted by coodencat

HI I started from the begining of your thread your work is truely amazing. You have possibly said in your blog but how did you do your "oven" brickwork".

The oven was made in two parts. The 'base' is basically a box made from pieces of foam board with two arched holes cut in the front. This was covered with the same brick paste I used to brick the rest of the bakery (part texture paste, part sandstones paint, part acrylic paint) and the mortar lines were just painted ontop in grey. The upper section was made from air drying clay. I rolled the clay flat, cut out an 'oven' shape and used a toothpick to make indentations (ie the mortar lines) in a brick pattern. I lay the clay over a lump of alfoil so it dried in it's curved shape. When dry, I painted it with some watered down brick paste and painted the mortar lines in the grooves made earlier.

It would probably have looked better if I'd used the same brick stencil I'd used on the walls, but I have trouble making that method work on 3D objects.

[coodencat]

Hi Thanks for info I was thinking how good the brickwork looked so was well worth the work very inventive.
tc carol

[Bluebird]

Originally Posted by coodencat

Hi Thanks for info I was thinking how good the brickwork looked so was well worth the work very inventive.
tc carol

lol, we know how your interest in the ways of brick work!

PS I know is said to be hot in Aus but think your fella requires some clothes and maybe go to a barbie party to fatten him up

I was wondering if he fully anatomically correct, just that every muscle is so defined and he is standing strategically behind the wall... no photos needed to clarify this.

[Celestial]

Originally Posted by Bluebird

I was wondering if he fully anatomically correct, just that every muscle is so defined and he is standing strategically behind the wall... no photos needed to clarify this.

If I remember the quote from Red Dwarf correctly; "He's a bit like action man in that department, just plastic underpants and a trademark"

[Bluebird]

lol, thanks

(no need for a double polaroid ...to reference Red dwarf again)