Hi Ladies...
I have seen beautiful work on all the cakes here and really want to know where do I buy the molds to do the 3d characters w/ fondant or gumpaste? I know a lot of people hand sculpt it but I believe I read somewhere that someone used a mold. For instance, I really want to do a 3d bear & have seen some silicon looking mold for clay on ebay but it says not for food items. So help??? Where do I get these? Also molds for the like molding like decorations on the side of cakes that I have seen. Thanks!
Wilton has 3D cake pans for a bear (large and small), a duck (large and small), a house and a ball (large and small) which can be used for animal bodies.
This site has some of the lace patterns for fondant:
www.elegantlacemolds.com
I haven't ordered any yet, but they look really neat!
Hope this helps! 
Here is a seller on eBAY I have bought many molds from. Very good quality, and fast shipping as well.
Bluelakefox, check out their eBAY store to see all of the gumpaste items they sell.
http://search.stores.ebay.com/Bluelakefox-Cake-Decorating-Tools__W0QQfcdZ2QQfclZ3QQfrppZ30QQfrtsZ150QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQsaselZ112849058QQsofpZ0
I don't know if this is as large as what you are looking for, but it is over 2". Another one from bluelakefox.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280074884644&ih=018&category=46281&ssPageName=STORE
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Elegant Lace Molds in Oregon is Carol Webb. I just ordered her petit fours molds and they look to be excellent quality.
I think the old saying about "you get what you pay for" is true. The better quality molds cost more, but they are worth it for the amount of detail in each one and the fact that they can be used for years. I think their prices are quite reasonable considering I haven't found good molds like these in so many years.
Hi, I have actually made my own molds before. I get this edible casting gel stuff. You heat it up and it becomes liquid.
You pour some into a container and press an ornament into it, then leave it to set. I press my ornament down until it is halfway in (face first) then let the gel set.
Then I dust the exposed gel with cornflour and pour in more liquid gel, to make a 3D mold. When its set, the cornflour makes it easy to get the two halves separated, and you just take out the ornament.
The gel I use is also reuseable, you just melt it down and use again if you make a mistake or the mold was needed for a once off.
The ornament can be anything, and the features come out nice and defined. The only thing is it can't be soft (like a teddy bear) or fluffy (like a teddy bear!).
Only thing is I am in Australia, and I know its locally made, so I don't know if its available in the US. I have seen it in books from the UK, so they must have it.
You could probably do the same sort of thing with gumpaste, but it wouldn't be flexible to get the molded item out.
I have found that most moulds that say they are not for food use are made from material like latex which many people are allergic to.
Anyway, sorry for going on a bit, hope this helps!!
here is a link for mold making:
www.chicagomoldschool.com
franz ziegler http://www.franzziegler.ch/en/index.asp has figures molds
I hope it helps
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