The Cuban....mini

[cyndy225]

I recently started working at a fun little restaurant that mostly does sandwiches and hamburgers. I’ve been wanting to make some polymer clay food for a while, and the only jewelry I can really wear to work is earrings. And thus the Cuban earrings came to be!



The menu says:
The Cuban
Thinly sliced ham, melted swiss cheese, dill pickles, and a dijon mayo pressed between a ciabatta roll.

Here are some of the "fresh" clay ingredients I started with. (The pickle seeds are actually sesame seeds. Everything else is clay.)


I don't have a picture of the fresh colored bread and all of the swiss was used up, but put it all together, bake at 275F for about 25-30 minutes and voila!




And it's only about an inch big. Proof of it's mininess.

[nessie]

Wow!  I am amazed at the detail.  I was convinced it was a real sandwich, and a tasty looking one at that!

[javamama]

The bread detailing and color shading in the ingredients is so nice (drools on keyboard for ciabatta bread.. )

[envirocraft]

I definitely thought it was a real sandwich and was wondering what the metal was doing there!!  Nice work!

[cyndy225]

Those are the biggest compliments, saying you thought it was real and drooling! Thanks!

[Belruel]

I love the detailing on the bread, what a fun pair of earrings!

[Mableheartscharlie]

This is amazing! I too thought it was real!

[wendiek]

Yeah, you got me fooled too...
Like the others I thought it was a real, small sandwich.
And I was also thinking what's the function of the metal..

So, well done! Very funny!

[JCDillustration]

Wow - they do look delicious! They are also humorous! Do you think the restaurant would sell these earrings?

[RavingRosemary]

Oh my heavens--those are adorable and REALLY fantastically detailed!  I also thought it was a real sandwich.  Verisimilitude points!

[LimeRiot]

Adorable. Your details are truly incredible. When I saw the thumbnail I definitely thought it was mini-REAL sandwich. Great job!! My tummy is growling .

[aethelberga]

This is so real looking. Very nice work.

[najaorama]

This post made me hungry 

[justthisguy]

Love em! Great job!

[soshespeaks]

These earrings are incredible! Fantastic work! I thought it was real too >.>

[slothmuffin]

Add me to the list of people who thought this was real food!  These are so adorable and wonderfully detailed and tasty-looking.

[jennilocker]

Yep I totally thought it was a sandwich!  How did you get that detail into the bread? And did you paint the sandwich or use colored clay?

[PixieVal]

Very awesome! I love the air pockets in the bread, so realiztic!

[cyndy225]

Yep I totally thought it was a sandwich!  How did you get that detail into the bread? And did you paint the sandwich or use colored clay?

Thanks! I "painted" the outside of the bread (not the part with the air pockets) with oil pastels before baking. Everything else is just colored polymer clay, mixed for the right colors.

[Eleka]

These are amazing! I would have a hard time not eating them lol.  Great job!

[zombiecakeses]

Wow, i thought it was a real sandwich! :O

[YarnWranglerC]

Looks totally real. I thought that maybe the metal part was a toothpick holding the thing together when I saw the thumbnail. Awesome job!

[VJP]

LOL...you fooled a lot of us with your incredible attention to detail. Great work!!

[mrsflibble]

i thought it was real, i thought you'd gone and got some funky metal cocktail sticks and i was gonna ask where you bought them!!! now i know it's a sandwich and I WANT WANT WANT!!!

[birdak]

the texture in the bun is phenomenal!

[WideEyedLife]

I love it when things look so real.  You've clearly mastered texturing and coloring with your clay.  This is beautiful.  Great job!

[ElizabethsMom]

Great, now I am craving a ham and swiss sandwich thanks to your earrings! I really thought it was real, great job on all your detail!

[cyndy225]

Thanks everyone! I'm trying to decide what kind of sandwich to make next, and trying to find the time to make it! Next time I'll try to take pictures before the metal goes in .

[iLuv2sew]

It looks so real! Wow! 

[ladybattenburg]

It really looks amazing!  I love to make Cuban sandwiches, especially medianoches, but for the life of me I can't get the swiss cheese to melt! any tips?

[patchyemm]

Wow - the colours and textures are so incredible - that looks like a totally yummy sandwich.  And what fun earrings!  Brilliant idea.