Days Forty-Eight & Forty-Nine

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Monday, September 24, 2012
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I spent Thursday and Friday making pulled sugar, and then using the sugar to make apples, pears, and birds. 

Attempting to make apples, pears, and birds, I mean.  All I was able to make were some balls.  They would make lovely Christmas tree ornaments.

You take the sugar and wrap it around a copper tube, connected to a little pump, and then pump air into the sugar to create an object. 

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I did not make these birds; my friend Melina made them.  I wanted to show you what I was supposed to make…. she did a good job!  I’m sad I didn’t get to make a little goose of my own. 

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Eventually, I did make an ugly apple and pear.

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We threw together our sugar showpieces on Friday, using cooked isomalt as the glue. 

So we had a bunch of elements that we worked on all week, but they didn’t really go together at all. 
We had: an “organic” sugar shape, the apples, pears, birds, roses, pastiallage sticks, microwaved pastillage and stones, the bases, and the dome. 

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Too many elements for such a small showpiece!  I put the sculpture together the best that I could.  I think it looks kind of cool.  Kind of ugly, too. 

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Sugar showpiece week is over, and I’m kind of torn.  This was the most difficult week for me so far; part of me is happy to move on, and the other part wants another week to continue working so that I can improve and get more comfortable with sugar work. 

This was the first week of school that I didn’t do my best, and I hate myself for not trying harder and not asking more questions.  I think my work schedule was the cause of that.  I was absolutely exhausted last week.  I’m not going to put myself through that again.  I have to remember that school is my number one priority. 

I did get the chance to rest up this weekend.  I slept a lot, ate a lot of Mexican food (I had my first sopaipilla !), and baked brownies, muffins, and scones.  I have some good recipes coming your way soon!  Pumpkin season is back.
5 comments on "Days Forty-Eight & Forty-Nine"
  1. Wow that is really neat looking! You are doing a great job!

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  2. I think some of that is just beautiful. I'm sure with practice you will satisfy your own exacting standards, but from my perspective, your work is just lovely.

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  3. You are seriously amazing girl. I could never make anything that looks that good out of sugar!

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  4. Christina, yes I did!

    Thanks, everyone!

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