Free master classes on modeling flowers and figurines from mastic, photo and description of work.

January 15, 2018 handmadebase

Modeling as a form of creativity and handicraft appearedback in the days when ancient people hunted mammoths for a living. Perhaps one day after a rain, a person saw that his footprint, left on the wet soil, had dried and retained its shape. Pliable and soft material – clay began to be used to strengthen dishes. Then people learned to dry clay by the fire and the first durable pottery products were born. In the modern world, stucco crafts are created not only from natural clay. Everyone knows that you can also make crafts from plasticine, dough, polymer clay and even plaster. However, recently, crafts made from culinary mastic have become increasingly popular. They are used to decorate various baked goods, from small cakes to multi-tiered cakes. You can even make a beautiful and delicious bouquet for the bride. Culinary mastic – a very sweet plastic mass that hardens in air. It makes amazingly beautiful flowers, bows, and cartoon characters that will decorate a child’s birthday cake or a picture of the bride and groom for wedding baking. You can purchase this material in a ready-made form in a store or make it at home. You can prepare gelatin, sugar and milk mastic at home at minimal cost. But you will be firmly convinced that beautiful sweet flowers or other decorations contain only natural ingredients, and eating even a large amount of such delicacies will only result in extra centimeters on your waist. Recipe 1. Gelatin. Culinary experts consider it the most demanding when creating. During the cooking process you need to “feel” it. Necessary:

Gelatine 10 g;
Sugar powder 900 g;
Water 180 g.

Mix gelatin with water and set aside for about60 minutes, then heat using a water bath and cool. Next, while the gelatin has not yet hardened, add the powder in small parts and mix the mass thoroughly. After stirring with a spoon, it becomes difficult to put it on a work surface sprinkled with powdered sugar and continue kneading. Cooled mastic may become less plastic, then it can be warmed up a little in the microwave. The finished material can be stored in the refrigerator for up to two weeks or in the freezer – up to two months, after wrapping the mastic in film or placing it in an airtight container. If you have made several parts in reserve and have already dried them, then such crafts must be protected from moisture (mastic is very sensitive to it) and stored tightly packed in a dry room. Another important point. The mastic must be applied to a very flat and relatively dry surface. If you are covering a cake with it, then you should apply butter cream (wait until it hardens) or marzipan to the top layer. They are less “wet” than, for example, sour cream or custard. Recipe 2. Sugar. Necessary:

Sweets marshmallow 50 g;
Water 18 g;
Sugar powder from 200 g.

Place sweets and water in the microwaveat 25 – 30 seconds. Mash the melted mass, adding dyes and powdered sugar. In the final version, the mass should stick a little to your hands. It is important not to add excess powder. It is important that the powdered sugar is very fine and uniform, otherwise the layers may tear when rolling. The required quantity will directly depend on the type of candy. In order to attach flowers or other decorative elements made from mastic to the cake, simply grease the joint with water or the white of an egg, into which a little powdered sugar is mixed. Marshmallows are usually sold in several colors; they can be used to create multi-colored mastic at once, or cut into pieces (separately white, separately colored). Recipe 3. Dairy. The easiest to make and use. Necessary:

Powdered milk;
Powdered sugar;
Sweetened condensed milk;

Mix all three components in equal parts andknead until it becomes like a softened plasticine mass. The mastic is ready for use. Cling film will help prevent drying, and the addition of powdered sugar will help reduce excessive stickiness. It is important to remember that mastic prepared according to this recipe will have a slight yellow tint. Therefore, if you want perfectly snow-white roses for your cake, it is better to use gelatin or sugar. Below are master classes on creating various crafts from culinary mastic. Sweet roses.You will need:

Mastic of those flowers, which must be rosettes;
Powdered sugar;
Rolling pin;
Confectionery nozzles;
Piece of foam rubber;
Toothpicks;
Stack with a ball;
Saucer with water and a brush.

Roll out the mastic sheet, first covering the work surface with a layer of powdered sugar. The layer thickness should be from 2 to 4 mm.Using a pastry cutter (cookie cutter or other round cutter), cut out the shapes for the petals. One flower will require an average of seven pieces.Now attach a little mastic to a toothpick – this will be the center of the rose, to which the petals will be attached. In shape it should resemble a roller or be cone-shaped.Now start forming the petals themselves.To do this, place a round piece on a flat piece of foam rubber (even a new dishwashing sponge will do) and begin to carefully roll it out in a stack with a ball at the end. You must act very gently so as not to damage the mastic. Gradually the circle will acquire wavy edges and become very thin at the edges and slightly thicker in the middle.Roll out the rest of the pieces in the same way.Take a toothpick with mastic and wrap the first petal around it. Do the same with all the others, laying them out overlapping. When all the petals are already glued, hang the flowers (preferably upside down) until completely dry. Usually the next day they will be ready to decorate cakes.The next master class is dedicated to creating a cute and funny Panda. This crumb is perfect as a cake decoration for kids.You will need:

Mastic is white and black (ready-made);
Starch;
Stack with a ball;
Toothpick.

Roll a ball out of white material. The result is a Panda's head. Use the ball on the stack and make two indentations for the eye sockets. Roll two small balls from black material.Place them in the eye sockets and smooth them out in a stack so as to paint over the holes.Roll a white ball and place it betweeneye sockets. Flatten it a little. Roll a small (smaller than the previous) ball of black mastic and attach it to the flattened ball. This is the nose. For the ears, roll two balls of black mastic. Use your fingers to shape the ears. For the eyes, roll two very small white balls and two even smaller black ones. Attach as in the photo.For the body you will need a ball of white masticcolors, the same size as for the head. In order to make the arms and shoulders, you need to roll out a thick roller, similar to a rocker arm. Connect the body ball with the handles and pierce this structure with a toothpick. Its top should protrude about 15 mm from the shoulders. Place the panda's head on this end.For the legs, form droplets with a flat edge from two pieces of black mastic. Attach them to the workpiece and the panda is ready, all that remains is to dry it.

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