Aquarium, Whale Shark, and a Boy

This is another challenge that I am glad that I didn’t give up. 

I wanted to do the following 3 things this time.

   1.  to show the depth of water, using different colored isomalt

   2.  making bubbles in isomalt candy to express airs

   3.  making waves with isomalt candy

This is the biggest cookie (project) I have ever made, 18.5x16.5cm ( 7.3x6.5 inch)

I made 4 of them, they are very fragile for me and I asked Samantha of @Aproned Artist  how she made such a delicate cookie for her tutorial:https://cookieconnection.julia...ist-special-delivery

Mines were broken here and there, I think I put too much flour in my dough. 😅

To strengthen  the cookie frames, I put icing on, inside is blue because it is going to be inside the water pool and the surface, well I could put the same blue, though somehow I put light beige colored icing.  But still my cookies were fragile...😱

I put the tapes on my silicon mat to show how big the cookie is then I decorated some rocks, corals and sardine on silicon mat directly. 

1. I put the frame cookie on the silicon mat then poured 3 different colored isomalt candy one after another while they are still liquid. 

light color isomalt for up and dark color isomalt for bottom

This cookie is the down bottom cookie. 

2.    I place another frame cookie then poured isomalt when it has many bubbles

 there are so many small bubbles!

This is the second layer from the bottom cookie. 

3.   I shrink wax paper and stretch it a little then put another frame cookie on it.

Pour isomalt on it.  I need to be careful to remove the wax paper, if I remove it when the isomalt is still warm, the paper sticks to isomalt like old sticky candy sticks to wrapping paper.  I forgot to take a photo after I poured the isomalt, I was very concentrate on removing the paper.    This is going to be the second from the top cookie. 

For the surface of the water pool (the glass part) I turn over the frame cookie (face is down) and pour isomalt, try not to make bubbles with isomalt to make flat surface.  The glass isomalt is the same level as the cookie frame. 

The whale shark and a boy are icing transfer.  The whale shark is attached to the second layer from the top (wave isomalt one) and a boy is attached to the surface of aquarium tank (first layer of cookie)    

I am very glad that I could make bubbles and especially waves with isomalt but where are sardine and jelly fish???  They are deep in water. 

WoW, this is Amaaaazing! I am totally in love with this project of yours. You did a fantastic job showing different layers and depth of water. Again, amazing. 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍

Absolutely great idea, perfect job, fantastic tutorial,I can see the depth of water, all inside 

really love it👏👏👏

great work

carouselselsel posted:

WoW, this is Amaaaazing! I am totally in love with this project of yours. You did a fantastic job showing different layers and depth of water. Again, amazing. 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍

Thank you, Zara.  I let a boy wear Christmas colored clothes😄

Petra Florean posted:

Absolutely great idea, perfect job, fantastic tutorial,I can see the depth of water, all inside 

really love it👏👏👏

Thank you, Petra🦈🦈 

PUDING FARM posted:

great work

Thank you

Absolute genius, Ryoko! I love all of the “movement” of the water. That wax paper layer is brilliant. Well done!

So adorable and clever! Really glad you persisted and entered too!

Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. posted:

This is another challenge that I am glad that I didn’t give up. 

I wanted to do the following 3 things this time.

   1.  to show the depth of water, using different colored isomalt

   2.  making bubbles in isomalt candy to express airs

   3.  making waves with isomalt candy

 

This is the biggest cookie (project) I have ever made, 18.5x16.5cm ( 7.3x6.5 inch)

I made 4 of them, they are very fragile for me and I asked Samantha of @Aproned Artist  how she made such a delicate cookie for her tutorial:https://cookieconnection.julia...ist-special-delivery

Mines were broken here and there, I think I put too much flour in my dough. 😅

To strengthen  the cookie frames, I put icing on, inside is blue because it is going to be inside the water pool and the surface, well I could put the same blue, though somehow I put light beige colored icing.  But still my cookies were fragile...😱

I put the tapes on my silicon mat to show how big the cookie is then I decorated some rocks, corals and sardine on silicon mat directly. 

1. I put the frame cookie on the silicon mat then poured 3 different colored isomalt candy one after another while they are still liquid. 

 

light color isomalt for up and dark color isomalt for bottom

This cookie is the down bottom cookie. 

2.    I place another frame cookie then poured isomalt when it has many bubbles

 there are so many small bubbles!

This is the second layer from the bottom cookie. 

3.   I shrink wax paper and stretch it a little then put another frame cookie on it.

Pour isomalt on it.  I need to be careful to remove the wax paper, if I remove it when the isomalt is still warm, the paper sticks to isomalt like old sticky candy sticks to wrapping paper.  I forgot to take a photo after I poured the isomalt, I was very concentrate on removing the paper.    This is going to be the second from the top cookie. 

For the surface of the water pool (the glass part) I turn over the frame cookie (face is down) and pour isomalt, try not to make bubbles with isomalt to make flat surface.  The glass isomalt is the same level as the cookie frame. 

 

I am very glad that I could make bubbles and especially waves with isomalt but where are sardine and jelly fish???  They are deep in water. 

When I have made thin rectangular frames, they broke as well (tried to make a billiards table once and it was a total disaster). Maybe a round shape is just inherently stronger.

WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!! Ryoko, it's breathtakingly beautiful!!!!! So super great idea and above all implementation!!!! Love the totally realistic looking sparkling water in such a sea aquarium !!! The child in front rounds it off perfectly!!!! I really love it totally!!!!!!!! So great dear Ryoko!! ❤️😘  @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.

So so precious!!!

Aproned Artist posted:

Absolute genius, Ryoko! I love all of the “movement” of the water. That wax paper layer is brilliant. Well done!

Thank you, Samantha.  Rectangular frames really scare me, I need to hold my breath while I move them from here to there.  I will try circle cookie💛 Thank you, again for your comment❣️

Julia M. Usher posted:

So adorable and clever! Really glad you persisted and entered too!

Hi Julia, I had been thinking how to make waves in pretty big area (for me) for over one month, probably with fork? heated fork? it should be done within a minute... I don't want to make rectangular cookie frame again...

It came out much better than I expected with big bubbles😊I was too excited to take the photo of wave candy part😅

Icingsugarkeks posted:

WOW! WOW! WOW!!!!! Ryoko, it's breathtakingly beautiful!!!!! So super great idea and above all implementation!!!! Love the totally realistic looking sparkling water in such a sea aquarium !!! The child in front rounds it off perfectly!!!! I really love it totally!!!!!!!! So great dear Ryoko!! ❤️😘  @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.

Thank you, Gabi, actually it is very fun to make waves with wax paper.  Well now I can say that but it took soooo long for me to come up with that.   

Kim Damon posted:

So so precious!!!

Hi @Kim Damon  thank you.  You come up with many ideas with many ways, that's brilliant!  I could think only one.  

This is incredible... 🥰

Michy D posted:

This is incredible... 🥰

Thank you

Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. posted:

Kim Damon posted:

So so precious!!!

Hi @Kim Damon  thank you.  You come up with many ideas with many ways, that's brilliant!  I could think only one.  

Ryoko,

I love your style! Xoxo This is truly stunning, and your technique is masterful!

Such a great idea!  Thanks for the tutorial.