Many people sculpted balls and cubes from bread crumb. Probably, there is no school cafeteria in the world where they have never encountered this childish prank. However, very complex and durable figures can also be molded from bread. They can even be colored if you have food coloring on hand.
It is necessary
- - bread;
- - sugar;
- - cement dust;
- - water;
- - polyethylene;
- - fine sieve;
- - food colorings.
Instructions
Step 1
Use leftover low-quality wheat bread for sculpting. You can take rye, but it will take longer to knead. Lush white rolls and loaves are not at all suitable. They, of course, can also be kneaded, but you will need almost more sugar than crumb. The technology of making various sculptures from low-quality bread was invented long ago by prisoners, and it was passed down from generation to generation.
Step 2
Separate the crumb from the crusts. Start kneading it. This is done in much the same way as when working with plasticine. It will take a long time to crumple. Figures can be made in two ways. In order to get the mass quickly enough and start sculpting from it just as quickly, knead the bread for 2-3 hours. Add sugar gradually. There are no exact weight ratios in nature, determine the amount empirically. You should have a sticky, homogeneous mass. The sugar should be completely dissolved. Food colors can be added at the last stage, just before sculpting. The authors of this technology, of course, did not have any dyes at hand. In order to make black and white chess, they added ash to the mass. Both ink and paste from a ballpoint pen were used. But it is better to cover the finished figure with them.
Step 3
Sculpt the figurine in the same way as you usually do it from plasticine. You can sculpt anything you want. Those who came up with this method make checkers, chess, and even very complex sculptures in a similar way. Sugar is needed so that the product does not crack during drying.
Step 4
Let the sculpture dry. The place should be warm enough, but protected from direct sunlight. It is not recommended to use an oven or steam heater. The product may be cracked.
Step 5
You can also make a more durable sculpture. Take a small amount of water (about half the weight of the bread crumb) and boil the sugar syrup. Pour the syrup over the bread crumb and place in a warm (but not hot) place for 1-2 days. Wait for the bread to start to sour. You can easily recognize this by the characteristic smell. Rub the resulting mass through a fine sieve. You can just take a piece of cloth. A small dry residue will remain on the sieve, which must be discarded. Put the remaining semi-liquid mass on polyethylene and place in a warm place. Dry it until it looks like plasticine. Sculpt and dry the figurine. If you need holes in it, you need to pierce them before the sculpture dries.
