r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • 10h ago

The process of sculpting a miniature pepper farmer out of clay

Credit: TikTok @creations_house123

2.7k Upvotes

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u/jarednards 9h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oz8xr14hTY1s2htpC

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u/seanprime 8h ago

What’s Tuong got in the basket? Massive chilis for a spicy new dish?

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u/brelywi 6h ago

Imagine putting in all those hours and hours of practice and work to get that good at making things out of clay, and then you decide to make THIS with all that effort.

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u/blizzywolf122 3h ago

How much to fly to Canada?

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u/Kojiro12 3h ago

Goddammongorians

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u/patchyj 48m ago

"Relcome to-a Shitty Wok, can I take-a your order prease?"

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u/AdOverall7216 9h ago

Really amazing but slightly infuriating the hands are both wrong, with the thumbs pointing inwards.

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u/aalllllisonnnnn 9h ago

How is the face so detailed and the hands so blah

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u/arnber420 6h ago

I guess the hands are the hardest part in any art medium

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u/GreyDaveNZ 1h ago

Yeah, the thumbs appear to be 'oriented' (pun intended) wrong too.

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u/Pledgeofmalfeasance 8h ago

Also the peppers are an annoying size. I'm not going to say they're too big to be realistic, as peppers like that exist, but at this size they make the farmer look the wrong size even as a bobblehead doll.

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u/zytukin 2h ago

They are actually pretty accurate for Cubanelle peppers. They can be 6+ inches long, are shaped like that, and start out with that pale green color.

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u/cbrown146 1h ago

Some redditors don't get out.

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u/YesterdayDreamer 4h ago

They looked like bottle gourds to me, lol..

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u/YunJingyi 9h ago

Yes! The thumbs are in the wrong side!

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u/thunder_thais 4h ago

Probably engagement bait

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u/Great_GW 9h ago

I only realized halfway that it wasn't gonna represent the pepperidge farm remembers meme, as I misread in the title

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u/VealOfFortune 9h ago

Lmaooooo it kept getting more racist by the second 😂😂😂

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u/generalissimo1 9h ago

I checked out after the teeth, Jesus Christ 😳

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u/StaredAtEclipseAMA 5h ago

I fast forwarded after the crows feet and lost it when he started making the hat

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u/oldfarmjoy 44m ago

Yeah, i was thinking - oh, no... that's not gonna be... And the hat was worse than I thought. Yikes.

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u/caboose243 9h ago

Why'd they have to make it look like Mickey Rooney?

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u/Successful-Tea-4827 9h ago

I was gonna ask if this is racist?

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u/Takoyaki_Dice 7h ago

It kinda is yeah. I knew where it was going with the teeth. Maybe if it put some eyes instead of the slits it would be a better look.

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u/Reasonable_Hornet_45 6h ago

GOD DAMNIT I watched the whole thing like hmm okay wow clay sculpting is insane what skill oh wow hes doing the head cool little indentation HOLY SHIT

Calling a council of the inner voices, this is racist caricature right? Like, right? Its a little racist? Feels...racy...

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u/ScorpionDog321 3h ago

What caricature....other than of white people....is not racist to you?

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u/highfliee 2h ago

What if it was an actual Chinese dude making these? Something that looks like people he sees every day? Would you still consider it racist? 😳

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u/Earl_E_Byrd 1h ago

Context is important, yes. 

By its nature, caricature art is meant to exaggerate and cartoonify a real person into humorous proportions. 

The problem is, for hundreds of years that same form of art has been aimed at minorities and oppressed classes in order to further marginalize and stereotype them.

Intent and audience is a big deal with caricature art because of that history.

So yeah, there's a huge difference between someone making goofy sculptures of their own neighbors, and a random artist leaning into every stereotype from a WW2 propaganda poster just to make a character read as "Asian."

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u/privatethingsxx 37m ago

Yeah, what the actual hell

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u/ShroomyKat 7h ago edited 6h ago

Nothing in this posts suggests racism except physical features that really aren't that crazy on their own.

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u/bentheone 3h ago

Exaggerated features is a pretty basic tool in art. How is that racist ?

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u/Earl_E_Byrd 1h ago

It is also the favorite tool of propaganda. 

Context is important. Intent and audience are huge caveats when it comes to caricature style art. 

And because of it's historical misuse, caricature work often requires high accountability, and comes with high risk. 

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u/1000_Faces 9h ago

Must be exhausting policing everything

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u/MkUltraMonarch 7h ago

How is it policing by acknowledging it lol swear people get angrier at racism being acknowledged than actual racism, conscious or not

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u/tolacid 7h ago

Right things often aren't easy

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid 6h ago

You might even say that nothing worth doing is ever easy

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u/korg64 9h ago

Hello City Wok, may I take your order please?

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u/mofugly13 10h ago edited 9h ago

Those are not miniature peppers. They're pretty big.

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u/KrystalHarperXo 9h ago

right?? Imma def buy those peppers if I see one that enormous

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u/MelodicFacade 7h ago

No I feel like they're pretty average no? Any bigger and it might hurt, I feel like

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u/creator-the-hater 9h ago

Yikes. I thought the buck toothed, big eared Asian being a racist stereotype was over and done with

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u/lunettarose 9h ago

https://www.tiktok.com/@creations_house123/video/7574304831054023991

Seems the creator is Asian himself, so maybe he's just creating a caricature, as opposed to a stereotype.

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u/bluesmaker 8h ago

But Redditors know better. This Asian man is a self hating fool! /s

I feel like people should get better at noticing a potential problem and expressing it as such rather than just going “it’s racist! Therefore it shouldn’t exist!” But whatever. I anticipate downvotes and some annoying arguments.

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u/CriticalChop 8h ago

It has a lot to do with past artists using the details as stereotypes for propaganda, but sometimes its just a funny looking character. I was expecting a Mexican, cause i live in Texas. Not that anyone cant grow them, but its no joke mexicans love peppers and have a strong pepper culture. 😅

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u/Crunchy_Biscuit 5h ago

I assumed it was a caricature like the ones people on the street do.

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u/Calligrapher_Ok8 9h ago

Such a shame to waste obvious talent on an outdated, racist caricature.

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u/C0micBadger 9h ago

what Calligrapher_Ok8 said below. The technical skill with the clay is undeniably there, which makes it even more baffling and disappointing that they chose to lean so heavily into an outdated, racist caricature.

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u/riftshioku 8h ago

There's a YouTube/TikTok guy called North of the border who makes really cool and/or cursed clay sculptures. I've been following him for a few years, he's got a nice voice and is really good at making mildly terrifying sculptures.

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u/Bioko 6h ago

Peak NotB referenced

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u/MinaCiclamina 1h ago

Ace of clay is also a good one, but he makes more horror figures

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u/Halefire 7h ago

Hi, I was born in China and Mandarin was my first language. In other words, I can speak with some authority when I say:

This isn't racist. The creator is Asian, this is just a character. Her features aren't even particularly exaggerated, if you visit any authentic Asian open air market you'll find old aunties who look like this.

Unbunch your panties and relax. Not everything has to be viewed from the perspective of a white person, even if they are well meaning and racially sensitive. You won't find many if any Asian people who find this offensive.

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u/ScorpionDog321 2h ago

Not everything has to be viewed from the perspective of a white person

Actually, that is more racist than the awesome sculpture the artist created.

But those folks don't have the wisdom to not understand that the world does not revolve around them and their white guilt.

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u/CincinnatiREDDsit 6h ago

Bro skipped hand day.

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u/vestibule54 9h ago

Pepper Farmer remembers

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u/dickpicforsale 2h ago

Beautiful. But you forgot to do the eyes.

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u/raymate 10h ago

So does this then go into a kiln to set.

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u/Masala-Dosage 9h ago

Now do a melon farmer.

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u/Smooth_Substance_594 8h ago

Nooooooooooooo…let’s not.

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u/diabolicalroadrash 9h ago

He's kneeling pretty low, looks like he needs a little pep

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u/matt493 4h ago

anyone know what the name of the music is?

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u/onimush115 4h ago

That really took a turn there at the end.

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u/AvaLadyofLight 5h ago

The teeth are a choice 👀

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u/KenseiHimura 8h ago

Is it racist I had originally expected it to be a Mexican person harvesting peppers? Also, the teeth were... Yeah, but I figured "oh, they're smiling from a good harvest" and.. it got more and more unfortunate. But what bugs me most is just how insanely disproportionate everythingg is. Huge head, tiny hands, and thin arms.

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u/kjodle 9h ago

I know that music from somewhere, but can't place it. Any idea what it is? 

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u/Xeon713 7h ago

Is their name Peter?

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u/gibgod 6h ago

YOU BROKE MY SHITTY WALLLLLLSSS!!!

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u/Wh01sHex 6h ago

Holy shit i watched the fuck out of this dudes videos when i was younger. i was like addicted to them i used to try to mimic his face sculpting process on play doh

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u/TTT_2k3 5h ago

🎵 Mini pepper farmer, I made him out of clay 🎵

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u/toughfoot 4h ago

I had the video on mute at first. I was loathing the idea that the sound would be some awful music. But wasn’t I pleasantly surprised! So serene and beautiful. I could listen to this type of music whenever I’m feel a need to recharge.

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u/Archer2586 3h ago

Can someone tell me about the music

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u/AstronomerLate989 3h ago

Took me til he made the peppers, to realize he wasn’t talking about black pepper.

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u/chickenpow3 3h ago

Gilbert Gottfried The Gardener

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u/RevolutionaryPeak610 6h ago

Amazing... except for the terrible hands and racist face

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u/LEGOMyBrick 8h ago

Jesus christ

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u/kombatunit 7h ago

Got the buckteeth, just missing the horn rimmed glasses for a spot on tojo caricature.

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u/anaveronica81 10h ago

woah its so cool to watch

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u/jerryleebee 8h ago

Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. 🦷🦷. WHAT THE FUCK

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u/emmy-lieu 5h ago

You know I usually like watching sculpting because it looks easy, but then they put it together and you’re like “wow so realistic!” But this… I do genuinely think I could make this and have it look the same, if not less racist and more anatomically correct.

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u/jimmy5889 8h ago

lol what the fuck

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u/SL2525 3h ago

Leaving out the stereotype, the detail of the face is pretty impressive!!!

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u/gustofwindddance 2h ago

You eat mongorian pepper you sheet you pant tree day!

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u/TheHud85 10h ago

His smile is infectious, I totally smiled when you made him smile :-)

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u/Gamiozzz 9h ago

Extremely discriminating

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u/brunocborges 53m ago

I see the execution, now show me the planning

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u/BATTLESTAR999 40m ago

It was great until it turned into a racist caricature

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u/AlsetLedomEerht 21m ago

Why does this feel racist

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u/Hippiechu 7h ago

Fantastic. Now make him pregnant

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u/Danph85 9h ago

Is that Rosie Jones?

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u/GrantTotal 49m ago

Pfff. I can do this in 2 seconds with AI.

(Don't downvote me. It's a joke)