Cake Decoration & Sugarcraft — New Trends 2018

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MODELLING MASTERCLASS

YOU WILL NEED

EDIBLES:

• Saracino modelling paste: 150g
  black, 100g skin tone and 150g
  white


• edible dusting powder:
  pink for face


• metallic colours: blue, black, red
  and gold (Rainbow Dust)


• wafer paper


• edible glue

EQUIPMENT:

• 2mm aluminium armature wire:
  18cm (7in) x 1 plus 25cm
  (10in) x 2


• 3mm aluminium armature wire:
  29cm (111/2in) x 1


• 1 x florist wire


• 2 x 12mm (1/4in) screws


• pliers: long and blunt nose


• 15cm (6in) cake board


• tin foil


• Rhu Strand’s Face Base mould
  -https://goo.gl/8S9QH0


• superglue (optional)


• scalpel


• Dresden tool


• boning tool


• grooved golf tool (Cerart)


• eggshell foam


• paint brushes


• gold glitter


• diamante

Join Nina in celebrating the arrival of 2018...how time flies!

Have you got your champagne flute ready? Standing about

20cm tall she has an internal armature and hand crafted face.

NINA'S

New Year

1 Bend the 18cm long 2mm

aluminium armature wire in half and

pinch the end to make a sharp fold

(top of head). Twist to 4cm (11/2in).

Bend excess head wire out to the

sides to make shoulders. Mark the

25cm long 2mm wires at 11cm.

2 Place mark at the head twist

with the 11cm end out along the

shoulder. Twist shoulder and arm

together, bend the other free end

down. Repeat for other arm.

Twist the bent body wire together

for 6cm (21/4in) to the hips.

3 Centre the 3mm wire onto the

body, wrap wire around the legs.

Bend at hips to a total width of 3cm

(11/4in) and at the shoulders to a

distance of 4cm (11/2in). Make a loop

at the end of the 'legs' and bend to

a right angle with pliers.

4 Cover the board. Pose the figure,

one foot in front of the other.

Fix to the board with screws, adding

superglue if needed. Cover the

screws with the paste.

5 Scrunch the tin foil then wrap and

mould around the legs up to the

waist. Shape the dress around the

legs and body - try to keep the legs

one behind the other.

6 Cover the dress in paste to give a

smoother base for the top layer to

adhere to.

CAKE ARTIST:

Rhu Strand

PIMP MY CAKE

7 Divide 35g of flesh paste in two: one

piece 2/3 and the other 1/3 then shape each

piece into a 5cm x 3cm rectangle and

taper the top third and bottom half to start

shoulders and waist, leaving the bust area.

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