This is the very first gumpaste tool I every purchased. It is very useful for creation bark and fur.
You simple press it into the paste to get the texture.
For the Swan, I started with a piece of paste which I rolled and molded over the backside of a cupcake pan. Once the cup was dried, I hand molded the neck of the swan and allowed it to dry to the cup.
Now the fun starts...
The wings are a mold purchased from Cel Cake in the UK. Un-mold your paste and air dry on the back side of a spoon while working on the body of the swan. The paste should not dry completely, but enough, to hold the bent shape of the spoon so as to curve around the body of the swan.
The feathers are very thin paste glued to the cup and neck and embossed the the above tool. You do not need to be overly careful with this technique and may piece the paste, as your tool will feather all of the places you have pieced together. Thinned gel color was used to paint the eyes and beck.
The final cake was a 13" oval layer of White cake and fresh strawberries and the top tier was 6" round Chocolate cake with strawberries. The cake was frosted in buttercream and featured gold fondant (50th Anniversary) scalloped ribbon at the base of the tier as well as pipped scallops along the sides and pipped shell boarder at the top of each tier.
The flowers were the moth orchid and stephanotis, made of gumpaste.
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