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Chicky's looking down below at all the action taking place at the party. It's always much safer being up top, especially when you're accompanied by a cupcake frosted specially in the kitchen at the FIRE and ICING workshop!
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA), San Francisco, April 5th, 2012.
Book signing tour for the release of Camille Rose Garcia's newest book, "Snow White".
When I learned that one of my favorite artists, Camille Rose Garcia, was going to be at the SF MOMA for her book signing tour of her latest release, "Snow White", I knew I had to pull out the whisk and the mixing bowl.
Garcia’s layered, broken narrative paintings of wasteland fairy tales are influenced by William Burroughs’ cut-up writings and surrealist films, as well as vintage Disney and Fleischer cartoons, acting as critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias, blending nostalgic pop culture references with a satirical slant on modern society.
This cake comprises a culmination of Camille Rose Garcia's beautiful, dark art and iconic, gothic-like imagery. It serves as a sugar tome to the milieu of characters that inhabit her dark and fantastical world as witnessed in her numerous art books: The Saddest Place On Earth, Tragic Kingdom, The Magic Bottle, Alice In Wonderland, and her latest release, Snow White.
The Magic Bottle cake topper holds the secret to saving our planet from greedy oil factories, landfills and giant corporations destroying the last of the remaining wild animals on earth. But, will it be enough to defeat the capitalist machine out to ruin the natural world? You'll have to find out by purchasing her book (or stealing the sugar bottle from me)!
Fighting evil empires with sugar and spice,
F&I
Sponsor: SF MOMA
Fiscal Sponsor: Harper Collins Publishing
Cake Artist: FIRE and ICING
To view Camille Rose Garcia's artwork please visit www.camillerosegarcia.com.
It's all downhill from here...at least that's what they say when you turn the big 5-0. You wouldn't know it, however, judging from the look on this guy's face. He just reached his 50-year milestone. An avid camper, hiker, backpacker, trekker and traveler, this guy is living his life to the fullest. Ain't no mountain high enough for this 50 year old whipper-snapper! I only hope he's enjoying the view from atop this sugary mountain located somewhere across the great plains of FIRE and ICING.com.
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Somewhere betwixt the thickly-lined coils of one man's brain and the deep recesses of his wonderfully dark mind lies a lone isle. And on that isle a beautiful and haunting creature was birthed. A young siren of porcelain skin, gently folded hand, clothed in Victorian dress. A perfect expression of youthful fragility and innocence, and at the same time an emblem of physical betrayal and contradiction.
Beached on her rock, she flaunts her compromise--delicately patterned tentacles, heavy and entangled, and hinged by sharply, hooked talons. Products, perhaps, of an evolutionary and necessary defense.
Here, on this lone isle, she can find respite and sanctity. Here, she can be championed despite the burden of the anchors she carries--memories, things, people and time--the flotsam and jetsam of life. This is her duality. This is her beauty.
...for Ray. Thank you for your wonderfully dark and imaginative mind.
Sugar sculpture: FIREandICING.com
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Many of you remember the iconic Mirthmobile from, "Wayne's World," fame. The AMC Pacer featured in that film came complete with a licorice dispenser and a wicked soundtrack by Queen. I think that was actually the first time I heard, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
This Pacer doesn't have a licorice dispenser but it's fully tricked out with all the 'coolest' features for this month's Lugnuts challenge, "Fire and Ice." There is a monster sound system in the hatch accompanied by 20" LCD flat panel TV and a PS3 console. The stock motor has been swapped out for an inline 6 cylinder 4.0 liter Jeep engine. 18" rims front and rear complete the package for one icy cool ride.
Oh wait, what's that? I forgot to mention something? Ah yes, of course. What 1975 Pacer would be complete without lambo doors? The Pacer was remarkably ahead of its time actually, despite making the list of the 50 worst cars of all time. Heralded as the first wide-body compact car, the Pacer also featured a passenger door that was 4 inches longer than the driver side door for easier access to the back seat. This is nicely highlighted by the scissor door kit on the latest creation from Proudlove Design Studio; "Brain Freeze!"
Be sure to check out, "Hot Flash," from the twisted mind of Lino Martins, highlighting a 'hot' feature of another car that made the, "50 Worst," list.
Special thanks to Flickr member 'mopacer' for all the inspiration from Anna Beth's Purple X.
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Mark Ryden “The Gay Nineties West” Art Exhibit, Michael Kohn Gallery, Hollywood, CA
May 3, 2014
The Fractal Bunny, or so I’ve titled him, is better known for his appearance in one of Mark Ryden’s greatest works, The Ecstacy of Cecilia. It was a pleasure and an honor to bake a cake for one of the world’s greatest pop-surrealist painters of our time. A brilliant show from one of the most brilliant minds in the contemporary art world today.
Mark and Marion, you are truly gifted artists, and true pop icons to this lost generation of dark souls!
May the future bring you both the continued success you so rightly deserve.
Peace, Art and Cake,
F&I
Many of you remember the iconic Mirthmobile from, "Wayne's World," fame. The AMC Pacer featured in that film came complete with a licorice dispenser and a wicked soundtrack by Queen. I think that was actually the first time I heard, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
This Pacer doesn't have a licorice dispenser but it's fully tricked out with all the 'coolest' features for this month's Lugnuts challenge, "Fire and Ice." There is a monster sound system in the hatch accompanied by 20" LCD flat panel TV and a PS3 console. The stock motor has been swapped out for an inline 6 cylinder 4.0 liter Jeep engine. 18" rims front and rear complete the package for one icy cool ride.
Oh wait, what's that? I forgot to mention something? Ah yes, of course. What 1975 Pacer would be complete without lambo doors? The Pacer was remarkably ahead of its time actually, despite making the list of the 50 worst cars of all time. Heralded as the first wide-body compact car, the Pacer also featured a passenger door that was 4 inches longer than the driver side door for easier access to the back seat. This is nicely highlighted by the scissor door kit on the latest creation from Proudlove Design Studio; "Brain Freeze!"
Be sure to check out, "Hot Flash," from the twisted mind of Lino Martins, highlighting a 'hot' feature of another car that made the, "50 Worst," list.
Special thanks to Flickr member 'mopacer' for all the inspiration from Anna Beth's Purple X.
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A stunningly beautiful patron at the Corey Helford Gallery.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Caught another sunset with Pam the other day, this time at Crosswinds Marsh. Granted, it's not a Summer beach scene, but being with her keeps me warm.
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
Thank you, Belinda!
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Varnish Fine Art Gallery
JennyBird Alcantara solo exhibit
"Creatures of Saintly Disguise"
June 9th, 2012
The world of pop-surrealism is abundant with oddly-shaped creatures, otherwordly landscapes, unexplained objects and abstract, narrative images. True to this is the flora and fauna captured in JennyBird Alcantara's artwork, as well as the vulnerable, doughy-eyed damsels and creatures that inhabit her paintings. Here, both animal and human come together, either by choice or by nature. Conjoined at the head or the hip, animal and damsel become one, and the duality of human fragility and animalistic tendency coincide.
At this same intersection are the fantastical curiosities created only in the deepest, darkest of dreams. Two one-eyed, deer-hoofed beauties, taken from the painting "Daughter of Icarus", sit atop the ledge of a cake in gentle repose, gazing at their audience with suspicion and vulnerability, while above them two half-human bees ("Don't Stir the Hive") whirl about in contention for the other's honey. At the healm is the Queen of the Riddle Realms, gracefully watching from above in her pretty blue dress, hand-in-hoof, peering out at us through her unimaginable tentacled head.
Saints or not, these figures are certainly "Creatures of Saintly Disguise", and such narratives are best dreamed up by the artist herself. Re-imagining it all in sugar is best left to the kitchens of FIREandICING.com.
Wishing you the darkest, twisted and most surrealistic of sugary dreams,
F&I
Artist: JennyBird Alcantara
Web: www.jennybirdart.com
Fiscal Sponsor: Varnish Fine Art Gallery
Cake and Sugar Art: www.FIREandICING.com
Hi Fructose Magazine Article:
hifructose.com/2012/06/12/jennybird-alcantaras-creatures-...
Walt Disney Family Museum
Sept. 28, 2012
Celebrating Stop Motion Animation in America
James and The Giant...Octopus?
I was invited by the Walt Disney Museum in San Francisco to create a display piece for the celebration of their newest exhibit opening, Stop Motion Animation in America. One of the first stop motion films that I remember as a child, and one of the most memorable, was a movie made in 1955 called "It Came From Beneath The Sea", a film about a giant radioactive octopus that wreaks havoc on San Francisco and demolishes the famous Ferry Building with its giant, monster-like tentacles. But Gumby and Pokey were two of my all-time favorite characters as a little boy, as well as James and The Giant Peach.
The question was, "how to combine a giant radioactive octopus with Gumby and Pokey and an oversized peach?" Simple! Build an enormous cake in the shape of a peach being attacked by said octopus with Gumby, Pokey and James standing by as gleeful participants!
These animated films have been an enormous influence on me since I was a kid, and to be asked to create something for the exhibit was an absolute honor. Tom Hanks and George Lucas got to see the cake but didn't get to taste it. Maybe next time, boys!
Wishing you much tentacled peachiness,
F&I
Many of you remember the iconic Mirthmobile from, "Wayne's World," fame. The AMC Pacer featured in that film came complete with a licorice dispenser and a wicked soundtrack by Queen. I think that was actually the first time I heard, "Bohemian Rhapsody".
This Pacer doesn't have a licorice dispenser but it's fully tricked out with all the 'coolest' features for this month's Lugnuts challenge, "Fire and Ice." There is a monster sound system in the hatch accompanied by 20" LCD flat panel TV and a PS3 console. The stock motor has been swapped out for an inline 6 cylinder 4.0 liter Jeep engine. 18" rims front and rear complete the package for one icy cool ride.
Oh wait, what's that? I forgot to mention something? Ah yes, of course. What 1975 Pacer would be complete without lambo doors? The Pacer was remarkably ahead of its time actually, despite making the list of the 50 worst cars of all time. Heralded as the first wide-body compact car, the Pacer also featured a passenger door that was 4 inches longer than the driver side door for easier access to the back seat. This is nicely highlighted by the scissor door kit on the latest creation from Proudlove Design Studio; "Brain Freeze!"
Be sure to check out, "Hot Flash," from the twisted mind of Lino Martins, highlighting a 'hot' feature of another car that made the, "50 Worst," list.
Special thanks to Flickr member 'mopacer' for all the inspiration from Anna Beth's Purple X.
Hi-Fructose Magazine Art Book Release Party, Oakland, CA.
As stated by the artist Scott Hove, “all beautiful things are equipped with a defense mechanism, to protect against the predations of those who seek to possess.”
This cake is a response to that statement. What defense does a cake have against its predators, an eager audience awaiting its inevitable carve? A sugar beast mouth might offer it some element of protection, even if only temporary or fleeting.
The entire frame was made completely out of sugar and painted in edible gold. This cake was designed to celebrate the relationship between the beautiful and the brutal.
For Scott Hove.
Yes, I’m back in the kitchen. And with a vengeance.
I am cake, hear me roar.
-F&I
Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City (Los Angeles), October 22, 2011.
A cake for the opening of the very first west coast exhibit for the internationally renowned and brilliant artist, Ray Caesar. Beautiful work, stunning patrons and a packed house. It was my absolute honor.
May you descend lightly into an abyss of sugar,
FIRE and ICING.
CREDITS:
Photography: Jun Park Photography
Artist: Ray Caesar
Cake Sculpture: FIRE and ICING
Somewhere betwixt the thickly-lined coils of one man's brain and the deep recesses of his wonderfully dark mind lies a lone isle. And on that isle a beautiful and haunting creature was birthed. A young siren of porcelain skin, gently folded hand, clothed in Victorian dress. A perfect expression of youthful fragility and innocence, and at the same time an emblem of physical betrayal and contradiction.
Beached on her rock, she flaunts her compromise--delicately patterned tentacles, heavy and entangled, and hinged by sharply, hooked talons. Products, perhaps, of an evolutionary and necessary defense.
Here, on this lone isle, she can find respite and sanctity. Here, she can be championed despite the burden of the anchors she carries--memories, things, people and time--the flotsam and jetsam of life. This is her duality. This is her beauty.
...for Ray. Thank you for your wonderfully dark and imaginative mind.
Sugar sculpture: FIREandICING.com
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Dancing Queen by FIRE and ICING Cakes, Cookies, Confections
You are the dancing queeeeen, young and sweet, ooooonly 17.....
Ah, the good ol' days. Bell bottoms, big hair, platform shoes, and the DISCO!
1970's themed cake for a special 50th celebration. You don't look a day over 17, Dahling. Happy Birthday, my little Dancing Queen!
Yours on the Dance Floor,
-F&I
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