RANDOM MEANDERINGS

I started this diorama at the beginning of the year but lost interest because i was getting frustrated with trying to make a clay person LOL...i now understand clay people are not my forte... so with my success with 'Life of Grime' i've been spurred on! It didn't start out as a seedy hotel room...destiny picked that out when after adhering the green 'wallpaper' to the walls, the PVA soaked thru and i thought "wayyy cool that looks grotty" LOL! I begun with a plain brown box from Spotlight. I then printed the green wallpaper; made the skirting boards; door architrave and door; window frame, plonking photo of city behind. The room exit needed a bit of something for depth, so i scaled down a hallway scene [that's a can of coke and some power points included in it] and adhered. Today i sort of 'distressed' the skirting boards, window frame and door to appear dirty. Added the peeling paper on ceiling. The right hand corner with peeling ceiling...

I wanted to attempt making miniature sushi so i have. My friendly entomologist at work suggest i make a cockroach to put on them, so i did and have made a sushi board and cockroach just for him! Sushi board and cockroach 3 little cockroaches - talk about fiddly to do..i'll have to perfect them too but from a distance they look rather cool :-) One sushi cane does many sushi make! i must have got about 300 of them all up.

Distance shot with extra items to date added. Coin at base for scale Lollipop on shelf under bench; bag of lollies by vegetable basin; apple cut in half on shelf under bench; icky apple core at front of bench Softdrink cans on shelf under bench; garden terracotta pot holding knives, forks and spoons tipped over, spoon hanging over edge; Brush and mug tipped over; apples in sink with false teeth on top; cork from spaghetti jar by apples, with spaghetti over sink; mussels and shells beside fish; apple core front of bench; Lollipop under benchtop Icky half eaten apple, top and front of bench; apple shortcake front of bench; half peeled apple by leeks; spaghetti jar fallen over back of bench with spaghetti fallen out in to sink; loaf of bread partially sliced with crust off Life of grime - Part one Life of grime - Part two

Just a quick post of a couple more miniatures i made this week: Teatowels Side view tea towel 1 Both made from clay I have made these to look screwed up and slightly tattered. They are for my 'Life of Grime' diorama Teatowel 1 front view Teatowel 2 front view Teatowel 2 side view Leeks The first two photos are the leeks i made for my 'Life of Grime' diorama. I have made them so that the leafy greens hang over the end of the bench These leeks were my first practice ones. Pumpkin pies These turned out okay. However, i'm not too happy with the bottle tops....might hunt around for little pie dishes instead.

I decided today to put together the bench part of my life of grime. I've been playing around with making little items for the diorama the last few weeks, so whilst Mike was busy sorting the garage out to put our new freezer in i thought i would do something productive too LOL! The first part of life of grime is here The story continues below: Above: the sink attached to the backing board and now with slatted shelves underneath. $NZ2 coin for comparison Above: Backing paper now on bench back Above: Several layers of paints later, coming together Above: Some of the items i've made and bought place on the bench unit. This won't be their final locations, but i couldn't wait to see what it may look like! I will seal the paint first. Above: And another capture with a coin for scale and the pizza box out the way :-)

Found some really good tutorials on youtube and made a couple of things last night. Above: Little potatoes. Whole, partly peeled and some cut in half. Below: Little boy and girl beads...how cute are they!