Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
Influences
A course by Cynthia Irani , Cake Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now that you know me better, I want to share some of the artists who inspire my work and influence my designs. Some are from the pictorial art world, and some are from the cake design; references can be anywhere. So keep your eyes wide open!”
In this video lesson Cynthia Irani addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art. Use cakes as a canvas to capture the beauty of the natural world by creating delicious botanical compositions with sugar.
Partial transcription of the video
“I mean, In this lesson, I'm going to talk to you about some of my biggest influences. I love everything about the impressionism era. So I got this book to get inspired by all of the textures, the colors and the compositions, and look at all of these artists' work. And I keep this handy every time I need inspiration. I specifically love Claude Monet. He's a key figure in the Impressionism era He's known for his wild gestural abstractions and explorations of color and light. I love how his work captures captivating moments with colorful brushwork. I love the color combination in this piece. T...”
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Course summary for: Floral Cake Design: Craft Edible Art
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Cake Decorating, Cake Design, Edible Art, Fondant
Cynthia Irani
A course by Cynthia Irani
Cynthia Irani is a contemporary cake designer and artist based in Montreal, Canada. Growing up in a creative household meant she was exposed to a variety of crafts from a young age. She painted murals at school and went on to study graphic design at university, minoring in fine art. Cynthia then worked in the tech industry and product design for 15 years for clients including Yellow Pages Canada, OneOcean Group, and Shopify.
After baking a cake in celebration of the birth of her first child, and sharing it on Instagram, her career in cake decoration began. Since then, Cynthia has become known for her free-flowing petals and the muted, neutral designs which she creates and shares with over 100K followers on Instagram. Her work has also been featured in publications including Cake Masters Magazine and 100 Layer Cakes.
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