Salmons

I made some fish in the past, but it was only carp. Now I try salmons, and I made it a little bit more interesting by adding fish intestines spilling out of one of them. If your stomach is turning and you can almost smell the fish and the guts, I did something right. I hope you are not right before breakfast, lunch or dinner according to your location in the world. If you are, I'm so sorry!

Nuts

That's it! I'm officially nuts! Or at least I made a lot of nuts. This time they are chestnuts, walnuts and hazelnuts. I still don't know what the hardest part was, making them or inventing the best methods to make them. I really love the results, although I have to come up with a better way of fabricating the spikes on the chestnut bur next time. I used sisal fibers, but it came out too thick. Maybe I should have used painted hair, like I wanted at the first place. First thought is always the best...
The leaves are mostly the perks of my big garden. (The chestnut leaves are from the internet.) I scanned them for printing onto silk paper.

Peanuts

I had a challenge this week. Somebody asked me to make peanuts for her. My first thought was even I wasn't crazy enough for that. But of course I had to give it a try. So here are my peanuts and my "giant" dices.

And I think it's just perfect to add some crackers to the peanuts.

Greens

As I watched my garden a few days ago I admired the wonderful greens of May. These colors inspired me to make some green vegetables. Absolutely healthy goods! Although making the peas didn't do any good for my mental state. I'm sure I dreamt about tiny green balls yesterday.

Spaghetti bolognese

Is there anybody out there in the world who doesn't love spaghetti with delicious sauce? If there is they definitely aren't from my family. Whenever I ask what to make for dinner our kids always answer in unison, spaghetti. (Or pizza, that's the second best.) Here is my version in preparation board style. Do you want to guess what the hardest part was? It was the sauce. I tried acrylic paint, glass paint, still water, ground baked fimo, chalk powder and whatever got into my hands to gain the perfect mixture, but never got it. What you can see on the pasta is the best I could do, and now I don't remember the concoction.
Bon appetite!

Celebration time

Today I got the email from IGMA I've been waiting for so much. And I have been elevated to Artisan membership in the Food category. It's really a great honor for me. Thanks to all of you supporting me with your best wishes. To celebrate the good news together I offer a 15% discount on my etsy shop up until 14th May. The coupon code is "celebration". It's announced only here in this post, so it's only for you, my followers.
As I promised, now I show you the miniatures I sent to IGMA.

have been elevated to Artisan membership in the category of Food

The Africa explorer's desk

A new little scene with new experiments. It practically took me a whole week to finish. Of course it's not a surprise since I had to search the internet and make plans for everything in it. You all sure know the little paper triangles that cover a globe are named gores, but I didn't. I tried to describe them in google search, but the first results were just everything but what I wanted. Then eventually I found a very scientific website where I realized that these globe parts have their own names. After writing 'gores' into the search window hundreds of outstreched globe pattern in various style popped up onto my screen.
I was in trouble with the compass, too. It has to be a very delicate thing so any clumsyness was out of the question. I needed a perfect brass ring, and I found one. I cut the ring from the cap of a rotring mechanical pensil. Of course it was a dead pencil (or maybe not, but don't tell anyone...)
At the finish time I got a little carried away and I stole some fun into the scene. When I was young I loved the  Indiana Jones movies (still do) and the hat placed on the armchair is supposed to be my way to bring his spirit into my work.