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Step 3Making the Witch's Frame and Wiring the Eyes
I knew that the cauldron would be a 3 layer cake and planned on it being about 5-6 inches tall (that's not including the coals). So I planned my witch accordingly and made her to be about 12" tall in total. Although I plan on saving her, I still wanted to make her technically "edible" (that's part of the challenge, right?). This meant not having any wiring touching any of the edible portions.
I used a small string of battery operated Xmas LED lights for her eyes. I took a bendable soda straw, cutting off at least half of the long end, and a small portion of the short end. This way, I'd be able to bend it into position right before sculpting. Next I threaded two of the red lights up threw the end, Later, I would secure them in place with white electrical tape so that they wouldn't move during the sculpting.
For her body support, I cut another piece of PVC pipe to about 10 inches (sorry, I didn't measure, I guestimated). Of course our torch was out of propane, so I just used a candle and heated up the middle where her waist would be bent. (I wanted her hunched over) I did this a little at a time, heating then bending, until I got what was just a little less than a 30 degree angle. (just eyeball it) Then I gave it a good roughing up with some coarse sandpaper. This gave the pipe some "tooth" so that the food products I used would stick to it and not slide down the pole. I washed it really well with soap and water.
Next, I drilled a hole straight through where her arms would go. As you can see, I used soda straws again, only this time, fitting them together and utilizing the bendable portion of the straws for her joints. I tried to get close to anatomical proportions, but left them just a bit longer, knowing that once I sculpted the body I could just cut them shorter if and when needed. I also made sure the the piece that went through the pipe, went all the way through, then the other straw fit all the way into that one. Even still, I left myself a little bit of playing room in case I needed to make her shoulders more narrow or wider when I started sculpting.
After placing the arms in, then I took the "eyeball" straw and stuck it up through the pipe and behind the arm straws. I placed the PVC frame into the third flange and screwed it to the board so it would only serve as a stand. I had to cut the bottom of the wires so that when I went to put her on the cake board, all I had to do was feed the wire down through the pre-drilled hole on the board.
Now that the "work" was done, it was time to have some fun and sculpt the witch!
I used a small string of battery operated Xmas LED lights for her eyes. I took a bendable soda straw, cutting off at least half of the long end, and a small portion of the short end. This way, I'd be able to bend it into position right before sculpting. Next I threaded two of the red lights up threw the end, Later, I would secure them in place with white electrical tape so that they wouldn't move during the sculpting.
For her body support, I cut another piece of PVC pipe to about 10 inches (sorry, I didn't measure, I guestimated). Of course our torch was out of propane, so I just used a candle and heated up the middle where her waist would be bent. (I wanted her hunched over) I did this a little at a time, heating then bending, until I got what was just a little less than a 30 degree angle. (just eyeball it) Then I gave it a good roughing up with some coarse sandpaper. This gave the pipe some "tooth" so that the food products I used would stick to it and not slide down the pole. I washed it really well with soap and water.
Next, I drilled a hole straight through where her arms would go. As you can see, I used soda straws again, only this time, fitting them together and utilizing the bendable portion of the straws for her joints. I tried to get close to anatomical proportions, but left them just a bit longer, knowing that once I sculpted the body I could just cut them shorter if and when needed. I also made sure the the piece that went through the pipe, went all the way through, then the other straw fit all the way into that one. Even still, I left myself a little bit of playing room in case I needed to make her shoulders more narrow or wider when I started sculpting.
After placing the arms in, then I took the "eyeball" straw and stuck it up through the pipe and behind the arm straws. I placed the PVC frame into the third flange and screwed it to the board so it would only serve as a stand. I had to cut the bottom of the wires so that when I went to put her on the cake board, all I had to do was feed the wire down through the pre-drilled hole on the board.
Now that the "work" was done, it was time to have some fun and sculpt the witch!
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Nov 2, 2009. 8:36 PMimstuffed
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omg...that is so cool!! seriously :)
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