Masterclass | Blossom Cakes | Causeway Bay Hong Kong

Robert Haynes Masterclass

We are thrilled to announce that Robert Haynes from the UK will be visiting to teach some incredible sugar flower projects in June and early July.

Robert Haynes founded the Sugar Flower Studio in London, UK, where he shares his passion and skills for creating beautiful sugar flowers. He is a renowned sugar craft artist who regularly travels the world to teach classes, provide personalized training sessions, and demonstrate his unique techniques. Robert is an accredited British Sugar Craft Guild demonstrator and a member of the International Cake Exploration Society (ICES-USA). Recently, he was given the title of an "Artist of Excellence" and invited to represent the International team for the FIPGC. Robert's works have been featured in several magazines and publications worldwide, and he offers numerous online tutorials. He is working on his first book and expanding his range of distinctive veiners and cutters sold under his brand, Sugar Flower Studio. To learn more about Robert and his incredible work, please visit his website. https://www.sugarflowerstudio.co.uk/

Robert Haynes 3-Day Masterclass 1 - Mock Orange & others

Date: 28~30/6 (Fri to Sun)

Time: 9:30 am - 7:30 pm

Instructor: Robert Haynes

Medium of Instruction: English

Fee: HK$9,800

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Robert has curated a 3-day sugar flower course that includes crafting Mock Orange, Avalanche Rose, and Dendrobium Orchid. The course aims to enhance the knowledge and experience of sugar flower crafting. Robert will generously share and teach the techniques to the students, leveraging his expertise, knowledge, and attention to detail. His passion for sugar flower crafting is evident, and the class will cover how to cut petals and leaves to achieve lifelike results. These techniques can be applied to any sugar flower or leaf.

Additionally, the class will explore various techniques for using edible colouring and applying it to intricately textured petals, leaves, and unopened buds. Robert advises wearing light-coloured clothing during the class to minimize the risk of lint or fibres staining the sugar paste. He also recommends removing jewellery before the class begins.

Skills taught in class:

🔸 How to colour Flower paste

🔸 How to achieve perfect, thin petals & leaves

🔸 Cut petals and foliage to give botanically correct finished

🔸 Correct use of veiners, perfect central vein always… and more…

🔸 How to make a wired calyx for a rose

🔸 How to make closed buds & fully sugar-covered wired stems and bark

🔸 How to create a spiralled centre for the rose

🔸 How to thicken stems also numerous tips on polishing stems

🔸 How to colour, fade, add depth, over dust and paint detail (watercolour)

🔸 All about glazing, steaming

🔸 Using floral tape

🔸 Adding depth and ageing leaves

🔸 How to give movement to foliage and petals

🔸 Different designs of arrangements

🔸 Adding dew drops

📌 The tuition fee includes Simply Nature & Sugar Flower Studio botanically correct silicone veiners and corresponding cutters for the class, valued at over HK$1,900.

📌 All tools and materials to be used in the classroom are provided.

📌 The end time is just a rough estimate and will vary depending on actual progress.

📌 The Dendrobium Orchid picture is of a real plant; in the Masterclass, Robert and the students will replicate this in sugar.

Robert Haynes 3-Day Masterclass 2 - Flame Gloriosa Lily & others

Date: 1~3/7 (Mon to Wed)

Time: 9:30 am - 7:30 pm

Instructor: Robert Haynes

Medium of Instruction: English

Fee: HK$9,400

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Robert has curated a 3-day sugar flower course that includes crafting Flame Gloriosa Lily, Nigella Flower (Love in the Mist) and Frangipani - Plumeria. The course aims to enhance the knowledge and experience of sugar flower crafting. Robert will generously share and teach the techniques to the students, leveraging his expertise, knowledge, and attention to detail. His passion for sugar flower crafting is evident, and the class will cover how to cut petals and leaves to achieve lifelike results. These techniques can be applied to any sugar flower or leaf.

Skills taught in class:

🔸 How to colour Flower paste

🔸 How to achieve perfect, thin petals & leaves

🔸 Cut petals and foliage to give botanically correct finished

🔸 Correct use of veiners, perfect central vein always… and more…

🔸 How to make closed buds & fully sugar-covered wired stems and bark

🔸 How to thicken stems also numerous tips on polishing stems

🔸 How to colour, fade, add depth, over dust and paint detail (watercolour)

🔸 All about glazing, steaming

🔸 Using floral tape

🔸 Adding depth and ageing leaves

🔸 How to give movement to foliage and petals

🔸 Different designs of arrangements

🔸 Adding dew drops

📌 The tuition fee includes Simply Nature & Sugar Flower Studio botanically correct silicone veiners and corresponding cutters for the class, valued at over HK$1,500.

📌 All tools and materials to be used in the classroom are provided.

📌 The end time is just a rough estimate and will vary depending on actual progress.

📌 The Flame Gloriosa Lily and Nigella Flower pictures are of a real plant; in the Masterclass, Robert and the students will replicate these in sugar.

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