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Sculpting Magic
Karen Portaleo grew up in bakeries in south Florida, where her
Form the eye socket by making soft lines - not sharp. Take a
grandfather was a pastry chef. Combining this history with her
good size piece of chocolate and place inside the socket. The
background in art has proved a seamless although unexpected
chocolate will form the eye and the eyelid. Draw the eye by using
evolution. Before jumping in to the culinary world, she created
the sharp back edge of a Dresden tool. Use the flat side of the
props and sets for advertising. Her client list included Neiman
spoon end of the tool and push back gently to create the illusion
Marcus, Nordstrom, Target, Maybelline and Nestle.
that the eyeball is behind the eyelid. The eye is a ball, so keep it
round. Use the spoon end, gently pressing, to create indentions
Today, the Atlanta-based artist ranks among the world's most
to make lower lid wrap around the eye.
gifted cake artists and instructors working in the cake and sugar
arts fields. Appearing at the 2016 Oklahoma State Sugar Art
If your marks go deep in the corner of the eye, it is a sign of age.
Show, Portaleo demonstrated how to use modeling chocolate
Make some lines to create some pockets to show that gravity has
to create a very expressive face on her playful witch character
taken hold and pulled down the eyes a little. Create the appear-
named Duck Face Dagmar.
ance that the skin is stretched out. As you make more marks, the
piece will look older and older. Wrap wrinkles around the eye
The eye is the window to the soul, so it is no wonder that Por-
with curved lines.
taleo spends so much of her energies on perfecting the art of
sculpting expressive eyes. "Sculpting age and character into a
Stay mindful of structure around the eye. The more hollow it
piece," she says, "is one of my favorite things to do."
becomes, the older the eye looks. Then extend your work beyond
the eyebrow.
When sculpting, she offers the following tips to decorators:
As a general overall guideline, when sculpting, Portaleo recomRemember that the eye doesn't sit on a flat surface. The eye sits
mends that cake artists keep it smooth. Make sure all the lines on
deep inside the socket of a skull. The space between two eyes is
your sculpture are lines you want. "I want all of my lines to have
about the size of one eye.
purpose," she says. JOHN UNREIN
"Deep straight
lines look like
tool marks, not
wrinkles. When
you see a line and
it looks like a tool
mark, it breaks
the illusion."
Karen Portaleo
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Editor's Note - The Innovation Issue: Optimism ahead
Table of Contents
News bites - ABA Addresses Workforce Gap
Cake Decorators Rise to Top
Puratos Expands Sourdough Library
Small Businesses Express More Hope
Personality - Joshua John Russell
Management - A New Way to Sell
Labor front - Single-serve Pies
Ingredients - Labeling “Healthy” Snacks
Equipment - Pretzel Machinery
Insights from IBIE
A breed apart
Spectacular sugar art
High-Hydration Doughs
Twisted Sweetness
Sculpting Magic
Product Showcase
Classifieds
Ad Index
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bake - November 2016 - Editor's Note - The Innovation Issue: Optimism ahead
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bake - November 2016 - Table of Contents
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bake - November 2016 - 7
bake - November 2016 - Small Businesses Express More Hope
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bake - November 2016 - Personality - Joshua John Russell
bake - November 2016 - 11
bake - November 2016 - Management - A New Way to Sell
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bake - November 2016 - Labor front - Single-serve Pies
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bake - November 2016 - Ingredients - Labeling “Healthy” Snacks
bake - November 2016 - 17
bake - November 2016 - Equipment - Pretzel Machinery
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bake - November 2016 - Insights from IBIE
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bake - November 2016 - A breed apart
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bake - November 2016 - Spectacular sugar art
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bake - November 2016 - High-Hydration Doughs
bake - November 2016 - Twisted Sweetness
bake - November 2016 - Sculpting Magic
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bake - November 2016 - Product Showcase
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bake - November 2016 - Classifieds
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bake - November 2016 - Ad Index
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