petite tea cup and saucer

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Comment by Linda Wolff on May 28, 2013 at 6:34pm

I placed corn starch on the inside of the cup, rolled out gum paste, fit it into the inside of the cup, and then carefully flipped it over on my work sheet and pressed down just like a cookie cutter. It did fall some since there was corn starch in the cup, but I just worked it back where it was supposed to be and pressed down with a cardboard to level the rim out some and then let it dry until it was strong enough to remove from the bowl part. Then I flipped it upside down and placed the handle on gluing it with gum paste glue and let that dry really good. I also placed it on a small piece of parchment paper so that I could move it around some. Once that dried, then I rolled a ball of gum paste for the 'stem' part and centered it on the bottom and waited for a few hours before I placed the bottom base, (which I had cut out with a small scalloped pastry cutter and placed over a measuring spoon to dry in advance first, so that it had that concave/convex shape to it) and glued it into place and let it all dry for about a week.

Comment by Linda Wolff on May 28, 2013 at 6:27pm

Gail, if you look at the Goodwill for cheap pudding dessert cups that have a stem or something, they work perfectly for the base of the cup because you can cut the rim very neatly without the handle of a tea cup messing the rim up.Here is an example below.

Comment by Linda Wolff on May 28, 2013 at 6:22pm

Goreti, if you can make high heeled shoes, you most certainly can make a tea cup and saucer! The most important thing, though, is keeping the tea cup upside down for several days while the stem and bottom cure. That can be tricky, because once they are dry, it could be 'off' just a little and not be level. I remedied that by rolling a very small ball of gum paste and gluing it on the bottom where it was leaning one way or the other. The way you and Gail make flowers, you would put my paltry efforts to shame!!

Comment by Goreti on May 28, 2013 at 4:03pm

So gorgeous!  Never tried making one yet.  Looking at your beauties makes me want to try.

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on May 28, 2013 at 1:43pm

THEY ARE AWESOME , I SAVED ONE SET I PURCHASE ! YRS AGO for my mom , so I could make one , but I don't know what I did with it , lol , I think about it every time I see your beautiful work Linda ,

Comment by Linda Wolff on May 28, 2013 at 1:41pm

Thank you Gail and Betty. The tea cups were a lot of fun to make.

Comment by Betty on May 28, 2013 at 1:37pm

They are all very beautiful.

Comment by art deco cakes by galidink on May 28, 2013 at 12:22pm

SO BEAUTIFUL

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