Task for fondant cake sculpture - Grade 10 Visual Arts students 2013

1. Grade 10 – Design a cake based on Frida Kahlo (her life, her looks,
her surroundings etc.)
You must draw/collage/photoshop all of the items you intend using on
the cake before you start making the cake. All items must be annotated

2. Your focus should be the toppers of
the cakes – not the sides of the
tiers. (I want to get the baking &
decoration of the sides done over
two days – if possible)
Look at the following sites for
inspiration:
http://cutesweetthings.wordpress.com/
2013/07/15/star-wars-r2d2-cake-tutorial/
http://cutesweetthings.wordpress.com/
recipe-index/
http://pinterest.com/jmartin/edible-art/
http://www.eat-the-evidence.com/tutorials/
fondant-figure-modelling-101/

3. • Fondant & rice crispy treat
mixture
• Several toothpicks/kebab sticks
• A cutting board (the smoother
the better)
• A sharp non-serrated knife
• paintbrush (size 3/0 to 5/0)
• Water in a small container
• A surface to build upon, a piece
styrofoam/florist oasis (covered
in cling wrap)
• Plastic Containers to store
sculptures
• A sprinkle canister containing
either powdered sugar. If you do
not have a sprinkle canister you
can use a spoon to scatter the
sugar but it won’t be as evenly
distributed.
Fondant & all related equipment must
be at school by Tuesday 6th August

6. Frida Kahlo

10. Frida & Diego

11. Frida & Diego
shortly after their
marriage

14. Frida Kahlo

15. Leon Trotsky, his wife & Frida

16. Salma Hayek as
Frida Kahlo

17. Scenes from the movie “Frida”

20. One of Frida’s corsets

22. A detail of a painting done in
response to the miscarriage
she suffered.

23. Frida was commissioned to paint
a portrait of the actress Dorothy
Hale after she committed suicide
after a broken love affair.

24. Frida made this portrait as
a gift for Leon Trotsky

25. The wounded Deer – 1946
Self Portrait with Monkey –
1938 Oil on Masonite
Broken Column

26. The Love Embrace of the
Universe, The Earth, Me &
Diego

27. Self Portrait (with Thorn
Necklace and Hummingbird)
1940

28. Self Portrait as a Tehuana
(Diego in My Thoughts) -
1943 Oil on Masonite 75 X
60 cm

29. Two Fridas-
1939

30. Beaded Plate
owned by J
Martin

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