Saturday, March 2, 2013

Guest Post- Jason Dearing

So, I have to say, I love it when you guys send me photos of your fake food projects. It totally tickles me that people out in cyber land are not only reading this blog- but looking to it for advice and inspiration. Awwww....shucks.

I wanted to share some delicious looking props from Jason Dearing who is studying art and enjoys theater as well. Here is what he writes:

I recently found your blog while doing some frantic research for a community cabaret I was assisting with. They wanted a fake pizza and I had no clue what to do. Luckily, I read some of your posts and discovered salt dough. It worked perfectly! Unfortunately, I didn't have many materials to work with for the toppings and ended up using white vinyl spackle for the cheese. Once it dried, it began to crack and crumble almost instantly. A thick coat of white glue (which gave the cheese an nice sheen) and some acrylic paint got it through the show, but I probably wouldn't do it again or recommend the material. The pepperoni was made from some red rubber I found lying around. I attached a picture of the final project, post show (the cracks weren't as noticeable beforehand).
Really digging the crust shading and texture.

After I made the pizza I read through almost all of your posts and got really inspired, so I decided to try something else, just for fun. I chose danishes. They're made from upholstery foam, which I carved with a utility knife. I didn't have liquid latex, so I used Elmer's glue. 3 coats later, I used tissue paper and watered down glue to soften the edges and give it a flakier appearance. I then painted the pastries with watered down acrylics (yellow, brown, and white). The fruit filling was made from  an adhesive I found called "shoegoo", dyed with food coloring. The icing is white puff paint. I attached a picture of the final product.
I love that texture!
 Thanks, Jason, those are awesome! And the rest of you out in prop land - show me what you're up to! Happy propping!


3 comments:

  1. I really like the danishes!

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  2. Just found this blog and may I say...wow. Blown away. Here's a question for the masters: I'm trying to figure out how (for the museum I work at - something that allows me to combine my history and theatre loves) to make faux puff pastry. There's an 18th century dessert I'm trying to recreate that is 90% puff paste and I'm a bit befuddled on how to fake such a flakey texture. Any tips?

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    1. Sure, layers of tissue paper and glue are a great way to make the flaky look. Can you send me some photos of what you're trying to accomplish and I can give you more advice? You can send them to propsanna@gmail.com

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