Bread Art Projects
Bread, with its basis in flour, salt and water, breaks down into a workable clay when mixed with glue as a catalyst. Bread clay is useful for making small molded projects such as beads, ornaments or sculptures. Bread dough also lends itself to becoming an artist's medium.
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Using Bread for Art
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Bread may seem like an unusual art medium, but with its simple ingredients it actually lends itself well to a variety of projects. Bread dough is pliable, holds its shape and can be baked to set a sculptural design. White bread, the stuff readily available in grocery stores, becomes gooey and clay-like when wet.
Bread Sculpture
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Make up a batch of your favorite bread-dough recipe. Let it rise and punch it down. Instead of folding it into a loaf pan, use well-floured hands to mold the dough into shapes. Keep a bowl of flour handy to dip your hands in to keep the dough from sticking. Make shapes, animals or any other design you can think of. Use nuts and raisins to decorate your artwork before baking. If you'd like to keep your creation, rather than eat it, spray it with shellac.
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Bread Beads
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Remove the crust from three slices of plain white bread. Tear up the soft middle of the bread and put in a bowl. Stir in 3 tablespoons of white glue and 1 teaspoon of glycerin until the mixture comes together in a ball. Knead in food coloring if desired. Pinch off a small amount of this dough and roll into a ball. You can keep it round or make it more oblong. Insert a toothpick through the ball to make it into a bead. You can also use a small, sharp instrument to carve the bead surface. Set finished beads on waxed paper and allow to dry thoroughly. When dry, paint and then coat with shellac to preserve.
Bread Clay
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Tear the insides of two pieces of white bread, with its crust removed, and place into a bowl and stir in 1 tablespoon of white glue. You should be able to roll a piece of the resulting clay into a ball. If it's too gummy, add more bread. If it's too dry, add more glue. After a little kneading, the clay becomes smooth and satiny. If it drys out while playing with it, wet your fingers and work the water into the clay. This clay is especially good for taking impressions. Press in shells, coins or any other object to make your own fossils. Let the finished pieces air dry for 1 to 3 days until fully dry. Finish with shellac to preserve and give an extra shine.
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References
- Photo Credit Bread rolls image by Tasha from Fotolia.com
