44Contributors: Thais Aguilar Robles - La Thais Cakes; Catalina Anghel - Catalina Azúcar’arte; Marielly Parra - Ponquecitos and CakesSunshine, the beach and ice cream – all
the things you associate with summer are
featured in this collaboration of sugar. With
over 200 members, each individual cake
artist has created their own idea of Sweet
Summer in cake or sugar form. We spoke to
the collaboration organiser, Isabel Tamargo, of
Tartas Imposibles, to find out more.Tell us about your collaboration
Sweet Summer is the first public and massive
international collaboration about the summer. All
members were free to make something that reminds
them of this time of year. There were no restrictions,
with every kind of sugarcraft work welcome in our
collaboration.What inspired you to do this theme?
I was searching for a funny and inspiring theme suitable
for everyone, and summer was a great choice for that.
I knew we’d get a colourful and amusing collection of
pieces.How did you decide on this group of people?
I had already worked as an admin with some cake friends
in another private collaboration, but this was the first time
I had hosted a collaboration alone. My very first thought
was to make it something for everyone, including people
who have asked me how they could join a collaboration
in the past. I felt so bad that not everyone could get
involved in others, so I decided to create a massive
public collaboration to allow all the interested people to
take the challenge and show to the world what they are
capable of.Did anything go wrong?
Quite the opposite. I have participated in many
collaborations and I’ve never seen anything like this
before. We had a high participation in our private group,
where all the members supported and encouraged
each other. Everyone got involved, regardless of their
languages. They were so united, motivated and happy
about this project. They are the soul of this collaboration!Cake Collaboration