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| "In some Christian countries, especially those where the day is called
Mardi Gras or a translation thereof, it is a carnival day, the last day of "fat eating" or "gorging" before the fasting period of Lent.'' Wikipedia |
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| Pancakes shaped using Sculpey |
The term Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. Many Christian congregations thus observe the day through eating pancakes or, more specifically, the holding of pancake breakfasts, as well as the ringing of church bells to remind people to repent of their sins before the start of Lent.
The pancakes shown here were sculpted using oven-bake clay called Sculpey. It is easy to shape them any size you like by rolling out the clay into small balls and then pressing these down to make flat pancake shapes. Stack them all together and bake in the oven according to the directions on the Sculpey package. I then painted them using several shades of brown acrylic paints.
The tiny details like the butter pats on top, the peach wedges and pecan halves were shaped, baked and then glued to the top of the pancakes before painting them. Blue berries are not clay but made from Styrofoam beads. These were painted blue after applied to the surface of the pancakes using a tacky white school glue.
All of the pancakes were finished with a final coat of Mod Podge after the paint dried.
The pancakes shown here were sculpted using oven-bake clay called Sculpey. It is easy to shape them any size you like by rolling out the clay into small balls and then pressing these down to make flat pancake shapes. Stack them all together and bake in the oven according to the directions on the Sculpey package. I then painted them using several shades of brown acrylic paints.
The tiny details like the butter pats on top, the peach wedges and pecan halves were shaped, baked and then glued to the top of the pancakes before painting them. Blue berries are not clay but made from Styrofoam beads. These were painted blue after applied to the surface of the pancakes using a tacky white school glue.
All of the pancakes were finished with a final coat of Mod Podge after the paint dried.
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