You will need:
• Sugar Paste: White
• Flower Paste: White
• Non-stick mat
• Rolling pin
• Paint brushes
• Scraper
• Medium palette knife
• Pizza cutter
• Super Gold and Rose Gold dust( Rolkem)
• Bronze and Dark Bronze dust( Squires Kitchen)
• Rejuvenator or rose spirit
• Cornflour for dusting
• Metal ruler
• Catleya Orchid cutter and veiner( Ornella de Simone Range)
• Ball tools
• Dresden tool
• Pliers
• Small scissors
• Floral Wires- 24 / 26 guage
• Flower picks x 6
• Edible glue
• Airbrush
• Royal icing
• 8” x 7” deep round dummy / 6” x 7” deep round dummy / 5” x 7” deep round dummy
Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:
Image of dummies required for project and their arrangement. Start by making the sugar Catleya orchids and buds so they dry overnight.
Using the pliers, bend the tip of a No 24 florist wire as shown. You will need 10 pieces of wire with a bent tip( 6 for the orchid’ s throat and 4 for the buds).
Roll a 6-8mm flower paste in to the shape of a teardrop.