Hi everyone!
I am looking to mold gum paste over one of my cereal bowls (long story, it involves something a friend asked for!). Can someone give me some advice on how to do this? I'm a newbie!
My questions are:
1 - do I dust the bowl with say, cornstarch so the gum paste won't stick to it?
2 - would it be easier to just mold the gum paste with my hands instead?
Any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you!!! 
I would try coating the bowl with cooking spray or shortening. I would be afraid of it sticking to the bowl if I used only corn starch.
Do you have any tylos (sp?)powder? You could make a glue with it and then mold the gum paste by hand adding glue in the creases or folds to hold the thing together.
You can dust the bowl you are using with cornstarch, that is good enough. Then place your gumpaste over it and let it dry. If you have to put or attach parts together use a mixture of Tylose powder and water (only need small amount of powder) and brush on one piece, do not put too much or will make the gumpaste too soft and can deform your piece. You can let all you pieces dry overnight and glue next day or do it while fresh. Hope this help.
I had to mold something over the outside of my kitchenaid bowl and I had dusted it with cornstarch. It stuck badly on the very edges, so i would say make sure to get a really good coating of whatever you decide to use on there and take your time unmolding it. HTH
If you are going to mold over the outside of the bowl I would cover the bowl first very tightly and smoothly with plastic wrap. Turn the bowl upside down, make a circle of gumpaste the thickness you want the finished container to be, roll the circle large enough in circumference to cover the bowl smoothly, cut off the excess with a sharp knife blade or plain edged pastry or pizza cutter, and let it dry for at least 24 hours, maybe longer. Carefully turn the bowl right side up over your cupped hand and the formed gumpaste should slip off easily. If it looks like it is still slightly soft, slip it into the inside of the bowl and let it air dry for a few more hours. That is how the dome shape of this topper was done.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=ShirleyW&cat=0&pos=8
If you are going to mold over the outside of the bowl I would cover the bowl first very tightly and smoothly with plastic wrap. Turn the bowl upside down, make a circle of gumpaste the thickness you want the finished container to be, roll the circle large enough in circumference to cover the bowl smoothly, cut off the excess with a sharp knife blade or plain edged pastry or pizza cutter, and let it dry for at least 24 hours, maybe longer. Carefully turn the bowl right side up over your cupped hand and the formed gumpaste should slip off easily. If it looks like it is still slightly soft, slip it into the inside of the bowl and let it air dry for a few more hours. That is how the dome shape of this topper was done.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=ShirleyW&cat=0&pos=8
I never even thought of plastic wrap. That by far seems (to me anyway) the best choice. ShirlyW must be very inovative person. 
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