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Twenty To Make Series
Paula MacLeod
Search Press
11 April 2012 (1 September 2012 in USA) / ISBN: 9781844488209 /
How-To Books/Sugarcraft
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
In this Olympic
year why not decorate your cakes with a sporting theme? Here are
twenty sports represented by delightful sugar paste figures all
doing what they do best --or in some cases worst!
I like the humor in this book, as the figures are not always shown
winning but having fun and having a go; ideal for amateurs. This
is not a book where each page shows an alternative idea, but each
page instead has detailed instructions (rather small print), a photo
of the finished piece and a very helpful photographed illustration
of all the components, laid out and numbered. The numbers do not
seem to relate to anything on the page, but it is handy to be able
to lay them all out and count them, or maybe make notes. The finished
pieces show helpfully how to display them, with blue piping gel
"water", a horse's jump made from Shredded Wheat and a
row of chocolate fingers, brown sugar "sand" etc. Many
sports are represented, from team games like football, baseball,
basketball, beach volleyball, etc., to sports like gymnastics, synchronized
swimming, golf, tennis, judo, windsurfing etc. The figures are not
hard to make -- anybody who played with plasticine as a child should
already know the basics -- and the look is very effective. A good
book for any sugarcrafter but simple enough to appeal to beginners.
UK Reviewer: Rachel Hyde's work can be found in Sewing
World, Sew Hip, Popular Crafts and other magazines. Her craft
blog is Green
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