When Retha’s advert breezed across my facebook page, I was already hooked and intrigued as to how she had created her delicate sugar paste figurine in her beautiful printed dress.  Heidi Brukman from Kadies Bakery Supplies in Fourways offers a variety of classes and she was hosting Retha Joubert of Retha Joubert Fondant Studio who is the artist and creator of this pretty figurine. I was so excited and it was a privilege to be able to do this class of Retha’s at Kadies in April with this class being so popular. Below is Retha’s photo collage advertising this 2 day figurine modelling and edible fabric course.

As Heidi opened her doors that Saturday morning to her shoppers looking for their baking supplies, cake orders and advice that is always so generously offered by Heidi and her staff, the five of us enrolled in this class had already met Retha and each other and started yet another adventure in this enthralling world of sugar art. In contrast to the bustle of activity in the baking supplies world, Retha brought her quiet and organised personality into this environment and patiently demonstrated her figurine modelling skills to us. She explained and guided us through creating movement in our figurine to have her finally walking in the breeze through a meadow

Even in a learning environment, if you have 6 decorators together, there is the inevitable amount of chatting and sharing of ideas that go together mixed in with a good few laughs. Retha shared with us how she studied her degree in Fine Arts  and only started in the sugar art world in 2014. She was asked to do a figurine for a cake for a friend of hers and that started her love for sugar paste figurine modelling. With an interest in her figurines and her passion for teaching, Retha is now hosting classes in many different venues. All her dates for this particular class can be found on her facebook page.

 

I loved how Retha shared her knowledge gained through her love for sculpting with us  & this new, easy and innovative way to create edible fabric that dries so quickly. I couldn’t wait to photograph this gorgeous figurine who looks like she hasn’t a care in the world as she springs through the windy meadow picking wild flowers and holding onto her hat. For all those still to do a class with Retha, hold onto your hats as you start a fun learning journey with her and don’t miss out on this class.

I can’t say that we breezed out of the class on the Sunday as we had spent 2 days concentrating and focused on our sugar creations, but we did step out each very proud of what we had learned and accomplished. Thank you Retha for your patience with us all and thank you Heidi for making us feel so welcome in your shop and for working behind scenes while we all had fun. Kadies offers a variety of classes including the PME Diploma Courses that Heidi teaches. The course dates can all be found on their website.