She does great figure work (fondant/gumpaste)and cakes . Check it out: http://www.tourtes.com/?figures


Wonder if she's a CC member?

Wow! Great website, thanks for sharing! I wish I could do figures like that!

I think she is our Liis. Lovely website,Liis.

I love how they have some of the figures move (like the shark's mouth). I am no artist and wish I could do something like this. Considering getting a polymer clay book (aimed at children), showing easy figures to make.....heck, clay, fondant, no difference in the technique.

Omicake, you're right! I looked her name up and she's got a great gallery. and a couple of how to's in there too. Here's one: http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=Liis&cat=0&pos=5

Momlittr, that clay book is a good idea, especially if you can get your fondant the right consistency. Liis uses Mexican sugarpaste (I know it's mexican something). I wonder if that's a little firmer to work with.

Yep, she's definitely one of ours!! I recognised some of those figures immediately!

Liis has also done a great tutorial on How to make a fondant fairy:

http://www.cakecentral.com/article62-How-To-Make-a-Fondant-Fairy.html

Kelly

Liis does terrific figure work! Her tutorial is SO helpful!

Wow! Wonderful artistry! Thank you for sharing the website. It went into my favorites.

Thank you!
My website needs still a lot of improvements but it is better than not having a website at all.

Also, i wouldn't mind making another tutorial for something that you would like to see. So if you have something in mind, let me know and will try and make it.

I love all the little figurines. She does a great job. Thanks for sharing. I have worked with clay for years and there are some great tutorials on the web. here is a link to some I posted a while ago. I've used a lot of them for cake decorations. You can also do a search for polymer clay tutorials.

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-105561.html

sassijen those are some good links. I would imagine that working with fondant is more difficult than clay because it is so much softer.

Liis, I love your work and thank you for the tutorials that you've done! I was wondering if you use a mixture of fondant/gumpaste or another mixture for your figures? I thought I read somewhere that you also use that mexican paste. If so, is that firmer than fondant and how does it taste?

-Rezzy

Rezzycakes,
I use fondant and i just add gumtex to it but only for the parts that have to hold or stand.
i bought that mexican modelling paste. i will not buy it again. it was ok to work with for sure it does hold up much better but nothing special. i still have a little left in the freezer
i use the leftover of it as a gumtex kind of 50/50 with fondant. works great.
as for the taste of it i have to say i thought it tasted like there was some flour in it kind of a funny taste. sweet but floury in my opinion.
actually it tastes like marcela capo modelling dough ( she had a recepie on her website, it is amazingly easy to work with her moddeling dough, but because it also contains flour the taste is just funny)

Wonderful website and wonderful work! Thanks for sharing it and I am glad to hear that it is a CC Member!

Thanks for the info Liis. I have several books that refer to the mexican paste and I was tempted to try it, but I will heed your warning. I don't want anyone to think that all fondant tastes that way. I use satinice and it tastes pretty good so I'll stick to that.

Isn't CC great!! There is soooo much talent and inspiration here!