I have a degree in sculpture. That’s exactly the sort of academic background that leads directly to a successful career in tech: I’m a forward thinker, for sure.
Every now and then, though, I like to tell myself that arts education comes in handy.
This spring, I needed plant markers—something to help me remember what I’d planted and where, especially while everything still looked like “mystery green thing with two leaves.”
So I did what any reasonable person with a shelf of polymer clay and a history of making tiny things might do.
I made little vegetable sculptures. The better ones came later, but I didn’t do so well at taking photos. The Super Sugar Snap pea has a little cape. The Lazy Housewife bean is in a rocking chair. They all brought me an unreasonableamount of joy.
This batch includes:
- Melting Sugar Snow Peas
- Purple Cauliflower
- Purple Podded Peas
- Kentucky Wonder Beans
- Romanesco
- Clementine Cauliflower
- Lunchbox Cucumbers
- Blue Lake Beans
- Mixed Radishes
- Sugar Snap Peas
They each got a bamboo skewer; later on, I made them with metal ones that should hold up better. I doused them in resin and poked them into the beds. They’re functional, and just silly enough to make me giggle.
Because I could’ve used popsicle sticks, sure. But if the craft goblin in me can find an excuse to make something small out of clay, it’ll do it 10 times out of 10.
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