Hi all,
I have been told by my college tutor that this year I need to do a personal project which includes planning, building/making, and displaying an object, cake, or flower display. I have decided to build a completely edible church, and use RI lacework and run outs to do stained glass windows. My reason for posting this is, I need to involve outside peer support, and i was wondering if anyone here would mind offering me some ideas/advice etc that I can use for my work?

many thanx all

You might PM Doug. He has wonderful drafting skills and may be able to help you with the design. Sounds like a wonderful project.

Sounds cool. I would use gray RI on the windows and put colored piping gel over the window pieces for the stained glass. Or maybe gelatin pieces cut to fit and RI over them? Either would look good. Gelatin would be easier to cover edges with RI.

Here's a cool template for an intricate structure. It sounds like you're doing a bigger project, though, but you could use the idea for the spire or something:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1185889

This decorator used candy clay for stained glass:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1175215

I'm not sure, but this one looks like fondant pieces:

http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake1030.jpg

This last one used gel icing:

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=31062

It sounds like a fun project. I can't wait to see pictures!

I have now finished my project and would like to thank those who offered me advice. It took me 133 hours to complete....and i love it, i cant wait for my tutor to see it.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_1591810.html

Wow! Very nicely done. I'm glad you told us how long it took to create this stunner; it would be great if everyone could understand that something like this doesn't just "appear" in an hour or two as they seem to on the popular tv cake shows. You should feel very proud!!

Amazing! Congratulations, you should love it, you did a great job.

Great job!!