Food carving is a fantastic way to elevate your dish presentation, and this beautiful rose is much easier to make than it looks. Today, I will be using a purple-top…
DIY Chinese Dragon Made from Butternut Squash
The Inspiration Behind the Challenge I started carving just a couple of months ago, so making a Chinese dragon out of a butternut squash was a pretty bold move. It…
Wings of Paper: My Journey Building a Papier-Mâché Spitfire
The Birth of an Unplanned Project The idea to build a Spitfire was entirely spontaneous, but looking back over the three months it took to complete, I am so glad…
Chocolate Lion
In my previous article, I shared the process of creating a custom silicone mold entirely by hand. That was the technical challenge—the preparation. If you haven’t seen this article, you…
Creating a Silicone Mold from a Plasticine Lion
In my previous article, I described in detail how I created a lion sculpture using modeling clay. You can read about it by following this link. That was the first…
Sculpting a Lion from Plasticine
Hello everyone! I recently found some free time and decided to share an interesting idea with you. This article will be dedicated to sculpting a lion from plasticine (modeling clay)….
Caramel Acorn
A New Material, The Same Mold I love experimenting with different materials, so I decided to check: Why not use caramel and see what results I get? This experiment is…
Chocolate Acorn
Introduction: From Mold to Masterpiece Hello everyone! Today, I am writing the third article dedicated to how to make a chocolate acorn. If you haven’t seen my article on how…
DIY Mold Release Hacks: Which One Works Best for Silicone?
When I was making a silicone mold for an acorn twig, I ran into a problem: the two halves of the mold bonded permanently together. If you’re interested in reading…