Posted by: Alysten on: September 29, 2011
I am looking at recipes for River Wars cooking competition. If I do not end up judging, I want to enter things in the sweets category. I figure one should not just be all sculpture all the time. Candy making is actually kinda cool and tricky. And that, makes it interesting. Recipe #1: Nougat Recipe [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: September 28, 2011
The armature has been covered in paper mache. The next step once the paper is completely dry is to apply the sizing. I will be using glare for this step. View 1: side View 2: back
Posted by: Alysten on: September 26, 2011
It is still to humid to work sugar. I have started the task of covering the armature in paper mache/paste board. And I really hate working with this material. It is clumpy, doesn’t like sticking to the armature and takes days to dry. I resorted to putting it into the oven to dry. I have [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: September 21, 2011
I started the armature for the water horse. It may be too wet to actually do any real sugar work, but I can get the frame work started. This is probably the smallest piece I have worked on. This is a combination of craft wire and silk floss. It will be covered in pasteboard/paper mache [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: September 12, 2011
Swabian dress- We are moving full steam ahead. The wool for the dress arrived. The linen for the lining has arrived. All that is left is to purchase the beads for the beading. We received the pattern for Princess Kiena at Pennsic. We will need to do some modification to it as it is a [...]
Posted by: Alysten on: September 12, 2011
In my never ending quest for the perfect kitchen wear, I think I am going to go with this gown. I like that the dress sleeves are short and the over-sleeves are pinned on. This has great potential. I have become of late, enamored of peasent/working class wear. I guess that makes sense given how [...]
