How to make miniature cakes or doughnuts or ice creams using polymer clay?

Question

i am making earrings and ear studs, but only know that making treats(cakes,ice-creams,doughnuts,etc) is popular among customers and yet i dont know how to make it! so i am rather desperate for answers to my questions. and also if anybody have suggestions to me on what kind of ear studs or earrings i should make to attract customers, but let me know. and by the way my shop is http://28th-street.blogspot.com

Answer 1

If you are selling them, you will need to come up with your own designs. It is against copyright laws to sell a product designed by someone else without their permission and proper compensation.
Aside from that. I saw a woman make some polymer clay "food" jewelry on the Carol Duvall show once. Try looking through the archives on http://www.hgtv.com

Answer 2

There are lessons and tips on making all kinds of miniatures (including foods) on this page of my polymer clay "encyclopedia":
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/miniatures.htm
(... click on the sub-category called *Breads, cakes, donuts, icings, etc.*, under the category "Foods"...)

There are a lot of techniques that clayers use for small sculpts and foods, but your exact designs will be up to you.
It wouldn't be kosher to copy someone's designs *exactly* then sell them (for personal use though, I wouldn't worry about it).... but there are many general techniques in the polymer world, as in any medium, that are known by lots of people and many people even discover the same technique or idea independently.

With mini-foods (or anything polymer) there can also be a lot of variables for appearance... for example, many people make "cute" and simple little polymer foods, but they can be made all the way up to extremely realistic even small. Color, size, textures used, and other materials used can also vary, and many other things too.

So the best idea may be to start learning a few techniques, then develop your own ideas, if you don't want to figure it all out by experimenting.


HTH,

Diane B.