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10 HD Video Lessons
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Nicholas Lodge
Nicholas Lodge is one of the top instructors in the current generation of sugarcraft artists. The author of numerous books, Nicholas teaches and demonstrates his unique skills around the world. View profile »
The Ultimate Sugar Rose
with Nicholas Lodge
Whether you're a budding cake artist or a full-blown pastry professional, your sugar rose skills will blossom under Nicholas Lodge's expert guidance.
Nicholas will guide you through the creation of roses at all stages of development, sharing numerous time- and effort-saving tips along the way. Beginning with his special method for creating floral tape buds for a sturdy foundation, Nicholas works magic with gum paste, bringing buds and petals to life. You'll create delicate ruffles, realistic leaves and calyxes and even thorns! Then you'll color your blossoms with petal dusts and gels, and use steam to set the colors and add a healthy sheen. Nicholas will help you gather your creations into a stunning arrangement so realistic and sweet-smelling, you won't believe your eyes!
The elegant rose is the flower of choice for occasion cakes, from simple birthday bouquets to show-stopping wedding toppers. To master this perennial favorite, sign up for "The Ultimate Sugar Rose" today!
What You'll Learn
- Forming Nicholas' signature foundation of rosebuds and flowers: the floral tape bud
- Conditioning and rolling out gum paste
- Using cutters, veiners and molds to create cones, petals, calyxes, hips, leaves and thorns
- Wiring and assembling blossoms and leaves to create a variety of arrangements
- How to scale your work according to your or your client's budget
- A bonus lesson shows how to make, color and properly store your own gum paste
What You'll Make
Sugar roses in five stages of development: closed bud, tight bud, midsize flower, large bloom and fully blown blossom, including leaves, hips and thorns
What You'll Need:
- Gum paste (recipe included!)
- Petal and leaf cutters and veiners
- Gum paste tools such as ball tools, silk veiner, Dresden tool
- Foam pads, formers and drying rack
- Dusting powders, gels and lacquers
- Floral wire and tape
- Wire cutters, tweezers, small paintbrushes
Lesson Plan
| 1 | Introduction | 6:09 |
| 2 | Materials & Making the Base | 20:32 |
| 3 | Tight Rosebud | 25:15 |
| 4 | Classic Rosebud & Midsize Rose | 27:23 |
| 5 | Full & Fully Blown Rosese | 14:09 |
| 6 | Calyx & Thorns | 36:24 |
| 7 | Rose Leaves | 20:54 |
| 8 | Coloring & Glazing | 33:38 |
| 9 | Arrangements | 14:19 |
| 10 | Bonus Lesson: Gum Paste | 29:43 |
Skills you should have:
- Imagination for designing new projects!
- Follow recipes
Recent 5 star reviews of this class
Average Review:
Absolutely Invaluable!
This course is invaluable if you are looking to improve your skills and techniques in regards to sugar flowers, in this case sugar roses. The other class that Chef Lodge teaches that covers peonies, tulips, and anemones is excellent as well. All of these flowers are popular right now, but they are also classic flowers that will stand the test of time. So, I feel that they will always be incredibly useful flowers to have in your repertoire. Chef Lodge goes above and beyond to answer promptly and ...
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Amazing Course!!!
The BEST course on sugar roses I have ever taken! Every single detail of sugar roses making is discussed and taken to the top level. Chef Lodge has the gift of teaching tons of information while showing how to execute the techniques in a simple, unique way! I have enjoyed making sugar flowers for a long time, now, after this course, I feel confident to deliver a product of the highest quality, thanks to what I learned here and all the nice tools I found at nicholaslodge.com!!! Bravo!!!
Truly INCREDIBLE - Worth It!!
First and foremost - CRAFTSY!! Please please please ask Chef Lodge to do more classes! This was an incredible class, learned SO much, and understood everything so much better from Chef Lodge than from even the live, in-person classes I have taken from others. Chef Lodge explains things in great detail and ensures that all the steps are carefully explained HOW and WHY each detail is important. I am so glad I took this class and I've just signed up for Chef Lodge's other class and can't wait to ...
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Outstanding!
Chef Lodge is thorough, encouraging and informative. This class presents detail information on roses, but Chef Lodge also generalizes that information for use on other types of flowers. He also explains *why* he does things and offers other options as well. His passion for teaching technique comes through in everything he says and does. Ultimate class, indeed!
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