- knife
- scalpel
- small rolling pin
- smoother x 2
- cocktail sticks x 3
- wooden skewer (bbq stick)
- florist wire (#18 and #24-26)
- pliers (to cut the sticks and wires)
- dresden tool
- ball tool/bone tool
- square cutters (14 mm and 20 mm; or use similar sizes)
- small heart cutter (14 mm; or use similar size - it needs to fit in the smaller square)
- round cutters (sizes I used: 9 mm, 14 mm and a 17 mm)
- mini palette knife (or use the back of the knife)
- wooden lollipop sticks x 4
- brushes (for glue and dusting)
Free mini tutorial
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Equipment
Edibles
- Flower paste* (You'll find the amounts in the 'AMOUNTS' tab)
- 50/50 FP/SP mix** (You'll find the amounts in the 'AMOUNTS' tab.)
- CMC powder (carboxymethyl cellulose) -
- Edible glue
- Dust colours:
- silver
- black
- red
- Clear alcohol (1-2 drops)
* FP = flower paste = gum paste
**SP = sugarpaste = fondant; FP = flower paste = gum paste; to get a 50/50 FP/SP mix you need to mix equal amounts of FP and SP f.ex. 50 g of FP and 50 g of SP. You don't need to weigh them - just mix similar size pieces.
Instead of the FP/SP mix you can use plain flower paste (gum paste) or modelling paste or sugarpaste (fondant) with CMC.
If you decide to use sugarpaste, add quite a lot of CMC to it - the paste needs to be thick/firm. Add the CMC to the paste shortly before forming the parts. Don't let the paste sit for a long time, otherwise it will get thick dry and crumbly.
Size
10.5 cm x 7.5 cm
Amounts
- 50/50 FP/SP mix:
- grey - 120 g
- Flower paste
- red - 2 g
- black - 1 g
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