I wasn't thinking of making fake food, as much I was thinking about preserving real food somehow with shellac or something. But making it should be easy enough! (I think...) Still, if anyone has a cheap source of pre-made faux food, please pass it along! Kim Kenney --- Jay Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > How about an 8" chocolate cake for $33 (including > S&H)? > > > http://www.angelfire.com/home/thefakery/cake.html > > (Their homepage: http://www.thefakery.com/) > > Making a cake: How about plaster of paris spread on > a low, cylindrical > cardboard base? Making fruit: How about a tennis > ball coated with > plaster - for apple, orange, pear, peach, nectarine? > Use a softball for > grapefruit? Use a golf ball for plums? Or is > plaster terribly toxic? > > Sincerely, > > Jay Heuman > Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator > Joslyn Art Museum > 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102 > 342-3300 (telephone) 342-2376 (fax) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Fine art is that in which the hand, the head > and the heart go together." > John Ruskin, 1819-1900 > The Two Paths. Lecture ii. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may > obtain detailed information about the listserv > commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the > message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one > line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] > . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). ===== Kimberly A. Kenney, Curator McKinley Museum 800 McKinley Monument Dr. NW Canton OH 44708 330-455-7043 "IT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS" opens DECEMBER 6!!! -- Halloween Party 10/25 -- "WISE ABOUT EYES" closes 11/24 -- Christmas Open House Dec 6 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).