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Advanced Royal Work

Learn the fundamentals of royal icing piping techniques. The course includes bridge and extension work, lace points, floating collars, tulle lace butterflies, brush embroidery and oriental string work. With skills learnt in this course you too can make a royal wedding cake!

Entry Requirements

Some experience with piping required

Student Instructions

Please bring all of these items for the first lesson (unless stated otherwise): Please bring an apron and the following:

• Royal icing made and sifted through a stocking/muslin -recipe on www.sugarartcreations.com.au
• Glycerine
• Writing tubes 1,0 & 00
• Small glass mixing bowls.
• Tube stand
• Piping bags
• Turntable
• Square 6 inch polystyrene dummy already covered in white Pettinice and hardened. Dummy to be placed on a 9 inch 4mm deep board and secured.
• 6 inch round thin board
• Powder colours
• Cotton wool balls.
• Egg white
• Pettinice ½ kg
• Glass sheet or Perspex sheet 7–8 inch square or round.
• Wax proof paper
• Wet cloth
• Spatula
• Icing sugar- sifted
• Glad wrap
• Cotton tulle- fine grade ¼ metre.
• Fine scissors
• Sticky tape
• Petal base
• 3–4 wiping up cloths-dishcloths or facecloths- white facecloths
• sponge
• Polystyrene wine dividers- to be explained in class before purchasing.

All powder colours are available for purchase throughout the course
Equipment Suppliers on the Gold Coast

• Spotlight – Nerang-Southport Rd, Ashmore
• Sugarartcreations – 0406–110-803- Helen Dissell

Topics

• Bridge and extension work
• Lace points
• Floating collars
• Tulle lace butterflies
• Brush embroidery.
• Oriental string work.

This photo shows the advanced piping work that will be covered in this course. The flowers (and horseshoe) are made of icing. Making flowers like thos pictured is part of the Floral sugar arts courses.

Career Prospects

Yes

Delivery Style

Hands-on tuition.

Outcomes

Personal development and skills growth. Understanding the fundamentals in working with sugar medium, including design, proportion and balance and the ability to move on to more advanced techniques with knowledge learnt and applied. With skills learnt in this course you too can make a royal wedding cake!