April - 2018

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Materiality of Caramel

I began my initial research into caramelizing sugar by testing multiple recipes to see the results those methods yielded. I then altered...

Architectural Form in Sugar: Glass Curtain Wall Aug. 28- Sept. 1

Exploration into caramel led me to testing the liquid qualities it had in its molten form. One of the first concepts I worked on was to...

Tier Tart Sept. 4-8

Having nowhere in particular to start in the the wide world of pastries, I decided to try my luck with tarts. We were on the verge of...

Sept. 11-16

With my ideas about a tart tier display in full swing, I met with a colleague of mine and discussed ways of incorporating other dessert...

Sept. 18-22

This week was spent mostly preparing for a pinup presentation on Monday, September 25th. I edited photographs I had taken from my early...

Sept. 25-29

Pinup Presentation Feedback After hearing what my peers and professors had to say about my ideas thus far, I spent some time reflecting...

Oct. 2-6

While all of my crazy caramel experiments were going on I was also trying to develop my own containers to pour the caramel into. I came...

Oct. 9-13

During this week I created two more wooden blocks from the designs I made the previous week. Here are the finished products: Block 1...

Oct. 16-20

One of the things I really enjoyed about the caramel glass sheets were the shadows created by the nature of the caramel solidifying with...

Oct. 30- Nov. 3

I was very interested in trying to attach solidified caramel pieces to other poured pieces. I had an idea about trying to bring my spiral...