- Ohh Blop Blop Over Coral Reef -

After two weeks of carve the swan, or to be precisely actually two of 8 hours class, we moved to our next product. Fish and Coral Reef. Because we already have the basic of carving. So, Sir Azrul just needed to showed the sketch of the fish and told us which one needed to cut or not. We get the same size of stryrofoam but this time we doing this in team because after carve it, we needed to layer it with butter and called it ButterScuplture.

Rough Sketch of The Fish

Then cut the unused stryrofoam..

Wrongly cut Coral Reef

I was to obsessed and then not realized that i was cut one of the coral reef, then to make up my mistake. From the behind, I carve another coral reef though it is blocked by the fish. But from behind it is looked like this... but after we shaped the fish fin and tail...

Look from behind

Front look

Sir Azrul said it was a good critical thinking of us after doing a mistake. We finish the carve of the fish in a day. And the next class we continue in layering our fish with butter. Butter we used is pastry butter because it soft and are not melting easily like normal butter we use in cooking. First, we cover the fish and everything with butter. Like this...

Plain coated butter

Then Sir Azrul showed us the technic how to make the fish scales..

small chunks of butter

Then one by one shape it on the fish body to make scales..

What to do next? Fill the fish body, Fins and tail with scales. Front to back and leave the coral reef with plain  coated butter.

Front look

From behind look

Our second product after 4 weeks of class is finished.

- Important steps -

First Lesson,"HandCraft Swan"

Assalamualaikum WBT to everyone. Welcome welcome to our blog. Purpose of this blog only for one of my last subject which is Culinary Arts Design. My class start at 9am until 5pm, surely have gap for rest solat and lunch. Firstly what we need to do before start the class, choosing partner. In this class we work as a team of 2 people, so I choose Fazrul as my subject partner. Then my lecturer Sir Azrul give a little brief about what we will doing or making during this class. So, straight to the point. Our first product, is swan. made of styrofoam. Each group get 2 of it and for only the swan we need to carve it individual. 

Depends on this finished swan, we need to carve it our self but our lecturer will guide us also to makes sure we are not making big mistakes.

Example by Sir Azrul

This is the styrofoam that we got, and first need to draw or sketch the swan so when we have the guideline and not wrongly cut the part we need and not.

Rough sketch of the swan

Then we showed it so Sir Azrul will correct our sketch. Then we moved on to the next stage by cutting the unnecessary part like this...

Rough cut of the swan

It was bad, I thought at it was a disaster but to truth is, this is the second step of carve a swan. Cutting through the lines we sketch and get the rough looked of the swan. Then we need to carve and get the swan neck and the front body. 

Swan neck

After we get the neck shape of the swan. Slowly we carve its head. Must be really careful because if we do it wrong, you will not get the nice head or maybe if you are unlucky, you will need to start it from scratch.

Swan head

Now we can finally see the face of the swan. Next step, make a line between the swan back, and cutting all through its back. So we can carve its wings next.

From front

Side look

Now we can see the gap at its back, how it looked from front and from side. Again, we need to sketch the wings of the swan, to guide us from making mistakes.

The making of  swan wings 1

Then...

The making of  swan wings 2

Do it for the other side as well and finished it withe the inside, so it will looked like a double of wings, short and long.

Finish product

These are the important steps that I simplify for you ~ Finished...