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Potato Peelings

            The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 3rd of June is “food peels”.  Luckily, I was making some mashed potato to top a cottage pie the day the theme was announced, so I saved some of the potato peelings.  I took a few possible photos of them in my hand and on chopping board, however they didn’t particularly inspire me.  I felt I needed something else to help lift them, and then it came to me.  Anyone who follows my photostream knows that I love and collect 1:12 size miniatures which I photograph in realistic scenes.  The artifice of recreating in minute detail items in 1:12 scale always amazes me, and it’s amazing how the eye can be fooled.  Therefore, to lift the image of the peelings on a chopping board, I thought I might add some miniatures that reflected what I was doing to get these peelings.  So, I have added a miniature chopping board, four very realistic looking potatoes, a kitchen knife with a serrated edge and a saucepan with peeled potatoes inside it, soaking in water.  I hope you like my whimsy for this week’s theme and that it brings a smile to your face.

All these miniatures are 1:12 scale, and some are artisan pieces.

The potatoes are artisan miniatures from a specialist stockist of food stuffs called Beautifully Handmade in Kettering in England.  They have a dizzying array of individual food items and meals which is always growing, and all are made entirely or put together by hand, so each item is individual. 

The kitchen knife with its inlaid handle and sharpened blade comes from English miniatures specialist Doreen Jeffries Small Wonders Miniature store.  

The saucepan of potatoes in water is made in England by former chef turned miniature artisan, Frances Knight.  Her work is incredibly detailed and realistic, and she says that she draws her inspiration from her years as a chef and her imagination.

Taken on: May 22, 2022

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/40 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

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