LEARNING BY ATTENDING PRIVATE OR NIGHT CLASSES
Professional and private Sugarcraft lessons, Auckland area: We recommend contacting:
CAROL HOGG 28 Darcey Place, Royal Heights Massey Auckland phone (09) 832 2125 for all information about night school classes and personal teaching of sugarcraft skills. Under Carols tuition you will have the very best and very skilled tutoring, and you will learn to create the most amazing sugar flowers, using the new quick techniques that incorporate Platinum Paste and single wired petals for realistic flowers. Highly recommended. For more of Carols work, click here: CAROL HOGG email: triocmg@xtra.co.nz
LEARNING BY READING MAGAZINES: To learn new skills from the best Sugarcraft Magazines - We recommend the purchasing of the following excellent monthly/quarterly magazines from the UK for learning all sorts of new skills, for more information, visit the following websites:
CAKES AND SUGARCRAFT by Squires publishing house - www.squires-group.co.uk
CAKE CRAFT AND DECORATION by Tower Publishing www.cake-craft.com
JOINING A SUGARCRAFT GUILD (NEW ZEALAND)
Throughout New Zealand you can join a group of men and women who enjoy the art of sugarcraft in varying degrees from hobbyists, to commercial decorators. I highly recommend joining up with a Guild where you will learn many new skills and also find sources for some sugarcraft goods. Click here to find the page which should show the nearest guild to you : NZ Cake Decorators Guild Inc
LEARNING BY READING BOOKS/FOLLOWING WORKSHEETS TO TEACH YOURSELF
Recommended books for purchasing (should be available at www.amazon.com or any other good book website) are:
1) the set of books from orchard Products on different flowers (see Orchard list in Cake Supplies page of this website)
2) Any books written by my friend the late ROSEMARY MERRILLS (UK), these books are called "Sugarcraft Flowers through the four seasons" and there are four books in the series, one for each season. Rosemary was by far one of the most talented sugarcrafters in the world before her untimely death and her books are very much sought after. If you are lucky enough to get your hands on them you will be indeed fortunate.
3) Any books featuring Alan Dunn, Tombi Peck, and Tony Warren, including "Sugar Roses for cakes", "Sugar orchids for cakes" and "Floral Wedding Cakes". Brilliant, very easy to follow instructions for amazing flowers and cakes
4) Celcakes collection of books by Margaret Ford and Nicholas Lodge, including "sugar facts" file series, "Designs on wiring", "Cold Porcelain Projects", "blooming quick", "cake it easy", "On the wild side", "Potpourri of flowers", "International Sugarcraft series book 1, 2 and 3"
5) For novelty cakes, any of Debbie Browns books are useful including the "cartoon cakes", "character cakes", "magical cakes" and "enchanted cakes" series.