Introduction

I am an artist who has been drawing/painting for awhile now and I recently decided to begin working in three-dimensions in order to branch out and try some new things. One of my favorite things to do other then to learn and to draw and write is to cook, especially for large groups.

My three-dimensional work centers around food and I make cakes, pies, cookies and other pastries out of polymer clay at 1:12 scale. My goal is to make them look as realistic as I possibly can, and I'm hoping that keeping a blog like this will chronicle my progress toward this goal.

Right now I am starting out with cakes. The first few cakes I have made are just simple tiered cakes which I have used as practice dummies for a few techniques that I found helpful tutorials for. As I develop my skills I am going to work more with flaky pastries and I will be doing a lot of research about cakes and pastries of the Victorian period as that is where a lot of the inspiration for my other work comes from.

I consider my artwork to be inspired and influenced by the art movements of that period rather then an attempt at "steampunk" or "retro" styles.