I have never done gumoast flowers but would like to get into them. Any suggestions is Wilton's kit easy? Thanks in advance 
The Wilton kit is a very good place to start. It has a variety of flowers and directions. There are some cutters which are better, but this kit gives you a lot to choose from for not a huge investment.
Once you try it, and see if gumpaste if for you, then you can spend more on videos and tools for more and better flowers. Or pay for classes.
Small world, I used to live in Lewisville. I didn't think anyone knew where it was..LOL!! Anyway - Wilton is now offering a 4-week Intro To Gumpaste Course that is $20.00. I am an instructor currently teaching it and my students love it, many of them said it was easier to understand seeing and doing it, instead of just reading it from the book. Plus Witon just came out with Premade Gumpaste among a bunch of other new tools. Good Luck.
Small world, I used to live in Lewisville. I didn't think anyone knew where it was..LOL!! Anyway - Wilton is now offering a 4-week Intro To Gumpaste Course that is $20.00. I am an instructor currently teaching it and my students love it, many of them said it was easier to understand seeing and doing it, instead of just reading it from the book. Plus Witon just came out with Premade Gumpaste among a bunch of other new tools. Good Luck.
I just did another post that I found out that they removed the gumtex from the shelf due to their new addition of premade gumpaste and wondered what was going on. My instructor said she wouldn't be doing the wilton classes till the summer.
We still have gumtex. I don't know why they would have removed that - because you can use it when making fondant or in a pinch to make fondant into gumpaste. I will ask my supervisor and let you know what she says.
Great that would be nice to know what is happening because I use it for my fondant.
Yes, gumpaste is edible, but isn't nearly as palatable as MMF. It dries to a hard, almost porcelain-like finish. If dropped or banged, they also have the durability of a porcelain piece.
Yes, you can make the same flowers with fondant that you can make with gumpaste and vise versa. It will just take longer for the fondant flowers to dry and they will be more succeptable to heat and humidity than the gumpaste flowers.
Tracy702-could you give me an idea of what is being taught in the class? Is it just the flowers in the book from Wilton or do they go beyond that at all. I would love to take this-I'll definately have to check around here to see if they are going to offer it soon!
I bought the Wilton gumpaste book (the black one with the flowers on the cover) that comes with cutters, and to be honest, I found it somewhat frustrating. It helps to have an instructor show you. I noticed that Wilton has another kit now. It's smaller and I wish they had that one when I was looking, because I heard it's better.
And I really wish they didn't take the Gum-Tex away!!
Angie
I just bought that kit a week ago because I'm attempting to make my parents an anniversary/wedding cake because they never had one. I found a pic on here that I love and she used gumpaste flowers for it. I live about 1 1/2 hours from any michaels or a.c.moore so right now taking a class is out of the question for me as I'm way too busy at this time. Though, I would so LOVE to! I heard the book included with the kit is a little hard to follow but there are other sites online that are a little more helpful. I'm bound and determined to make some nice looking flowers with this! I'll let you know how it goes!
I just bought this kit and a pasta roller last week. I sat down and was able to make the stephanotis (sp) without much problems. I think it is best to pick one flower work on it, probably a small flower. the larger ones like orchids and tulips are harder to get them to hold the shape.
gumpaste is a wonderful medium for making flowers. ou can make them ages in advance of when you need them (good for someone like me who travels). Personally I think the wilton stuff is horrible, but it isn't a bad starting place I guess. the wilton gumpaste book that comes with the kit has bad techniques though, I think. I have pictures of some gumpaste flowers in my photos - I use techniques from Toba Garrett's books as well as from Scott Clark Woolley
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