by Louise and Othmar Fassbind

The Complete Manual to Showpiece Artistik is the latest in the Artistik series from Swiss culinary artists Louise and Othmar Fassbind. It presents complete instructions for 36 spectacular pieces made of fruits and vegetables, ice, and margarine. Detailed instructions are given for all projects and the fundamental techniques, materials and tools are addressed in depth.

The Complete Manual to Showpiece Artistik features:

• new and challenging centerpieces and plate garnishes of fruits and vegetables
• independent section on margarine modeling with specific projects
• classic and unique ice sculptings
• all projects are shown in full color photographs, including step-by step techniques and finished pieces
• detailed, itemized instructions are given in English, French, German, and Italian.

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Contents

Fruit and Vegetable Carving

1. A wealth of fruit resources
2. A wealth of vegetable resources
3. Equipment
4. Carving tools
5. Sharpening the carving tools
6. The perfect wooden handle
7. How to preserve the carved exhibits
8. The ball
9. A and B cuts
10. Carving with the chisel
11. The apple core
12. A la minute decorations
13. Imitating Leaves
14. Flower chart
15. Chrysantheum
16. Round-petalled flower
17. Pointed-petalled flower
18. Rose bud
19. Rose
20. Leaves
21. Dahlia
22. Dawn glory
23. Roses from fruits
24. Geometrical Carving
25. For the love of carving
26. Skin carving
27. Turtle-dove
28. Relief carving
29. Three-dimensional carving

Margarine Modeling

30. Fat artistik—Back to the roots
31. Why do we model fat?
32. Pinocchio
33. Morning has broken!
34. United
35. Maggie

Ice Sculpture

36. A melting luxury
37. What is ice?
38. The ball
39. Horn of plenty
40. The snowman
41. The eagle
42. The hamper
43. Ice artistic for all

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