What do you call that stuff...?

[jwinslow]

...that embalms bread and other items to make a still life decoration?

They coat it in a glaze almost, and then arrange similarly affected items in a basket as a table decoration?

 

[redbenn]

well my googling skills didn't help... and i don't think the 1st hit has to do with what you're looking for
bread and other items to make a still life decoration - Google Search

 

[jwinslow]

yeah I thought 'embalming' would work too, but came up empty. About 15 years ago, my best friend and I talked his younger brother into trying this delicious bread, which he did. I can't think of what that stuff was called.

and i don't think the 1st hit has to do with what you're looking for

Nazi Interior Decoration

Background: Nazism claimed to be a worldview, a system that applied to every aspect of life. This article, from the party monthly for its leaders, explains that interior decoration and the celebration of holidays and festivals should also be guided by the party. One should be able to know someone was Nazi by how he lived his personal life, the writer suggests.
The source: Wolfgang Schultz, "Auch an seinem Heim erkennt man den Nationalsozialisten!" Die Hoheitstr?ger 3 (August 1939), pp. 16-18. I'm not entirely sure of the month -- the copy I am working from is in a bound volume with the cover missing.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]One Recognizes a National Socialist by His Home! [/FONT]

 

[OCBuckWife]

this?

Faux Bread Baskets - Craftbits.com Craft Project

 

[AKAK]

Yeah, I was thinking lacquer... but it may be varnish.

 

[BUCKYLE]

Polyurothane...or is it Puffy paint...not sure.

 

[jwinslow]

Yes thanks, that's it.

No, I'm not planning to do that, just reminisce in an email.

 

[Taosman]

Didn't know you were into "arts and crafts", Josh? You can buy spray cans of polyurethane. That makes the process easier....or so I've heard.

 

[jwinslow]

The only 'crafts' I've done lately, is start turning our coffee table into the ohio stadium turf. Looks normal for company, but on gameday, flip the tiles and you have ohio stadium painted on there. Haven't made it past the green paint though :)

Looks like this, except with 12 tile squares instead of 3, and no glass over the tiles.

 

[Taosman]

Astro Turf or green paint? Ooops! Read the "green paint". Astro Turf would look cooler.

 

[BUCKYLE]

The only 'crafts' I've done lately, is start turning our coffee table into the ohio stadium turf. Looks normal for company, but on gameday, flip the tiles and you have ohio stadium painted on there. Haven't made it past the green paint though :)

Looks like this, except with 12 tile squares instead of 3, and no glass over the tiles.

Astro Turf or green paint?

...

 

[jwinslow]

I'm not actually spraying or adding turf on there, though that would be kind of cool. It actually is just green paint, despite the quote. The wife did it as a surprise to get the project started, while I was out of town.

Any suggestions for how to do turf? Is there anything like the stucco they put on ceilings that might work? Something that's a little finer (not as large of 'bumps')?

Buy large quantities of Chia pet supplies?

 

[Flocka]

I'm not actually spraying or adding turf on there, though that would be kind of cool. It actually is just green paint, despite the quote.

So are you spraying or adding the turf?

 

[OCBuckWife]

I'm not actually spraying or adding turf on there, though that would be kind of cool. It actually is just green paint, despite the quote. The wife did it as a surprise to get the project started, while I was out of town.

Any suggestions for how to do turf? Is there anything like the stuccko they put on ceilings that might work? Something that's a little finer (not as large of 'bumps')?

Buy large quantities of Chia pet supplies?

Try textured paint.

 

[jwinslow]

Thanks!

stuccko

Taos, you're rubbing off!