The Polymer Clay Cookbook: Tiny Food Jewelry to Whip Up and Wear

By Susan Partain and Jessica Partain

Book Overview

The Polymer Clay Cookbook celebrates favorite foods with 20 tiny, deliciously realistic food charms to make from polymer clay and fashion into unique jewelry. Styled as a cookbook for the beginning miniaturist "chef," the introductory chapters discuss the "basic ingredients" and techniques used for polymer clay and jewelry-making. The remainder of the book offers 20 "recipes" grouped by category- fruits, breakfast, lunch and dinner, sweets and snacks, and holiday foods. Each recipe has a list of "ingredients," step-by-step directions with photographs, and suggested variations. Each piece is presented as a particular finished jewelry item, such as a necklace, but readers are encouraged to adapt the piece into any type of jewelry they choose. Each chapter also includes one of the authors' own cherished recipes for real food, including Sunday Morning Cinnamon Rolls, Grandma's Pasta Sauce, Decadent Raspberry Chocolate Cupcakes, and Mom's Holiday Sugar Cookies. Throughout, the authors--who are sisters--share their enthusiasm for family, sisterhood, and the tradition and feelings surrounding our favorite foods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823024849
• ISBN13: 9780823024841
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Book To Start With

I purchased this book to learn techniques on creating mini foods. This book is definitely for beginners. Lots of information on what tools to use, colors, different methods. There's a large focus on how to make jewlery with the charms which is great. Step by step instructions were pretty simple and easy to follow. I liked that there are circle sizes on the pages indicating how much of each clay color you should use. I find that useful as each artist utilizes different amounts.The finished products (in the photographs) seemed very basic. Ideas were cute but very simplistic. If you're looking for very realistic looking ideas then I recommend Making Mini Foods by Lynn Allingham I did feel that the actual edible recipes in the book were a bit out of place.