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News Geraldine Dahlke
I have my website and my courses advertised in this site! "Cake
Decorating Courses, Classes & Workshops"
Gary Chapman, myself and many others, were invited to exhibit on the 'By Invitation Only' table at Cake International 2011 and by a happy accident our cakes were placed side by side. You can see Gary's use of my Patterned Paste techniques on his cake and his Fabric Flower technique on my P.Paste handbag, neither of us knew what the other would be presenting!
Just received this Email, congratulations Fiona! Well done!
Hi Geraldine,
It is a great honour to be asked to demonstrate at Cake International at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, and I am delighted to say I will be demonstrating Patterned Paste Flowers - Without Wires on Saturday 5th November at 15.45! Sugar flowers without wires are totally edible and can be made directly on the cake or made in advance and kept until required. They are ideal for Continental cakes as well as the traditional British cake. To buy tickets for the exhibition and demonstrations phone Ticket Hotline 01425 277988 or visit www.ichf.co.uk
Did you see my Sea Monster on Surbiton's Group Exhibition table at the B.S.G. Exhibition at Brighton Racecourse on Saturday 7th May 2011!? Patterned Pastes in marzipan are really easy.
Patterned Paste in Nigeria! http://kogsycakeandsugarcraft.com/ say they are often teaching and demonstrating Patterned Paste techniques and selling the booklet, great news!
Visit to Bulgaria April 2011 Teaching in Bulgaria was a delight, the people were lovely, the workshops very well run and everything went well. My interpreter was wonderful and became a good friend, I shall miss them all! The students were professional sugarcrafters/bakers with their own businesses from all over Bulgaria and further afield and were delighted to find patterned paste techniques can be quick and commercially viable and not that difficult to learn. We also painted on sugarpaste and pastillage with some Folk Art techniques, another first for them! They went away very happy and full of ideas for their own work, and they would like me to return next year with workshops on patterned flowers without wires and the soft focus technique. I am looking forward to returning there already, such a good experience. Thank you Bulgaria and especially Villi, Petya and Szonka!
Soft Focus Poinsettia Christmas Cake
If anyone would like to expand their U.K. business of any kind in Bulgaria the lady to contact is Sashka Evtimova, Trade adviser at the British Embassy in Sofia, sashka.evtimova@fco.gov.uk or if you would like to sell your sugarcraft equipment and materials through an already established business contact Petya Shmarova, pshmarova@xcerx.com who is promoting and expanding the British sugarcraft market very successfully in Bulgaria at the moment.
An illustrated article about my Sugar Art was featured in 'Parfait', a Japanese Magazine recently, and my review of 'Off The Wall' was accepted this summer for 'Slatka Planeta', a new sugarcraft magazine in Slovenia. Lots of interest abroad now!
Many of my cakes showing Patterned Paste techniques and many other skills have been featured in 'Cakes and Sugarcraft' magazine and the Patterned Paste Macintosh Rose in Squires Kitchen's Wedding Cakes Magazine. Contact Squires Kitchen for back copies.
(This Email message arrived recently from Penney Pang, so good to know the Patterned Paste techniques are getting the recognition internationally: "Hi Geraldine
Cakes and Sugarcraft Magazine issue 108 features two of my Patterned Paste projects, the animal skin handbag and the candy striped camellia.
Squires Exhibition 2010 This cake was also exhibited on The Table of Honour at Squires Kitchen Exhibition 12, 13, 14 March 2010 I also demonstrated and ran workshops during the 12th and 13th, which was great fun!
The Great Cake Bake on Wedding TV Congratulations to Elizabeth Solaru for winning three categories in this competition, one of which featured a Patterned Paste Leopard Skin technique! For more of Elizabeth's work see her website www.elizabethscakeemporium.com http://www.weddingtv.com/tv-shows/1628/the-great-cake-bake/
British Sugarcraft Guild newsletter See the December 2009 issue for pictures and article about 'Off The Wall', the exhibition of sugar art in West Molesey this summer.
Visit to Sweden Scandinavian Cake Show 29th 30th August 2009 British style cake decorating is gradually catching on in Scandinavia and 'Tart Decor' kindly invited me to demonstrate and run a workshop with a Patterned Pastes theme at their exhibition in Kungalv. This international exhibition is growing from strength to strength each year with a growing number of competitors of an increasingly high standard, and visited by hundreds of people interested in learning more about cake decoration. The whole weekend was great fun and afterwards I had time to explore the local beauty spots and taste the famous Princes Cake, an absolutely divine mix of marzipan and cream held together with a light fat-less sponge. Didn't need anything else to eat all day!
Network Richmond and West London Arts Magazine The editor commissioned me to write an article explaining how sugar is used as an art medium, which has just been published in the Autumn edition of Network, issue 50. It covers the old historic use of sugar for sculptural centrepieces, how royal icing can be adapted to be made into a permanent work of art, and how the very fragility of flower paste exhibits can enhance their attraction. Illustrated with images from 'Off The Wall'.
‘Off The Wall’ Tuesday 4th August – Sunday 16th August 2009 Exhibition of Sugar Art and Mixed Media The Fountain Gallery, 26 Bridge Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9HA
The inspiration for this new show started with the wonderful collection of wallpapers held by the Victoria and Albert Museum which took me on a creative journey into new canvases and sculptures with sugar. Many of my works were carefully preserved to remain permanent works of art.
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday (closed Mondays) 11.00am to 5.00pm
The Book of Patterned Pastes By learning just five basic techniques you can
create hundreds of patterns and effects, such as stripes, checks, dots and
circles, honeycomb patterns, reptile and leopard skin effects, multi-toned
petals and flowers including tulips, roses an carnations, and repeat patterns
for fabric and wallpaper designs. Once familiar with the five basic
techniques of patterning marzipan, sugarpaste and flower paste, creating your
very own unique patterns will be easy. The biggest advantage will be the time
saved adding colour and pattern to your sugarcraft projects, definitely the
techniques of the future for commercial work as well as the busy sugarcrafter
working from home. ‘The Book of Patterned Pastes’ is published by B. Dutton Publishing Limited, and is on sale at Squires Kitchen, 3 Waverley Lane, Farnham, GU9 8BB (opposite Farnham train station) telephone 0845 2255671or can be ordered on line http://www.squires-shop.com/ or through Amazon.
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