Thank you for all your e-mails and questions. It has been
beautiful experience, receiving so many email from friends and students that I have not heard from so many year, some of you, more than a decade. Welcome back to my life. And, warm welcome to those that subscribe to the newsletter.
One of the questions is: What can I do to avoid the pastillage to get dry so fast? And another, Why the pastillage starts crackling or wrinkling when making the petals?
First, the pastillage is a paste that air dries. The solution is simple, keep the paste covered with a heavy mug when using it. This will protect the paste from drying.
Second, Why pastillage starts crackling or wrinkling when making the petals? The secret is in the amount of paste you take to make the petals. Take only a small amount, sufficient for one petal and work with it. Leave the rest of the paste covered with the heavy mug to prevent from drying. The reason is that you take less time to knead and roll a small piece of paste. The biggest the ball of paste the longer the time of kneading and rolling and the fastest the drying. A capito?
Next week, the recipe for Flower paste, don't miss it.
