A & S Dilemma

[alysten]

I have a dilemma.

I have Bubba, who represents a significant amount of research and work. He had a catastrophic injury (2x decapitation) and had to be duck taped together at the join. Really this was the best solution for the substandard cereal/marshmallow form. And as most of it was sugar covered, anything wet, like say plaster of paris (yes they used plaster in subtlety sugar work) would be detrimental to the sugar work already done. Water and sugar are a really bad mix.

Subtlety work could be mixed media, sugar, plaster, wax or other materials to help it last through out a banquet. Sugar is heavy. If there isn't support, bad things happen. The object of a subtlety is to successfully create the illusion of something, in this case a royal swan.The outer work is pretty much exactly what they would have done in late period England for sugar showpieces. Even the technique of forming sugar around a form is period. It was also period not to eat the sugar sculptures.

What isn't period, is my form is shaped rice crispies and marshmallow, with 2 yards of duck tape to stabilize the head and neck.

So LJ hivemind.... Is Bubba a project that can be entered as an A&S entry (full disclosure of course of non-period parts). Or is it best just to let him do his job holding down the head table?

Comments

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I wasn't clear -- I meant why you chose the Rice Krispies in the first place rather than a more stable form. "The mixture paralleled the texture of the period option but turned out not to be as supportive" or something along those lines would be a perfectly reasonable explanation in my opinion.

[alysten.livejournal.com]

Ah... that's cause I cant carve wood. ;-) Not my talent.