Michelle Sugar Art Blog

Portrait of Dr. Gatchet in Jelly Belly Beans by Michelle Wibowo Elements Shopping Malls has teamed up with Jelly Belly to spread message of 'Sweet Happiness' to the people of Hong Kong while inspiring them to unleash creativity and follow their dreams. Transformation from Van Gogh's original painting - Pencil Sketch - Brightly-coloured version of Jelly Belly Painting Michelle Sugar Art was commissioned to recreate 4-meter length Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gatchet, one of the most expensive paintings in the world. 100,000 brightly coloured Jelly Belly Beans were used to inject 'sweet happiness' to the originally melancholic painting. Around 100,000 expired Jelly Belly Beans (120 kg) were used to create the artwork. Planning art-board. Around 24 different Jelly Belly Colours were carefully selected. We teamed up with HongKong's youngsters, get creative, have fun, and work together on this giant masterpiece. Getting r...

Imagine a portrait drawn not with paint or pastels, but with sugar. Not sculpted or molded, but danced into existence by the vibrations of music. That's the magic Michelle Wibowo of Michelle Sugar Art brings to life. Her latest creation? A stunning portrait of Rihanna, brought to life with sound and granulated sugar. Using a subwoofer and Rihanna's hit "We Found Love Ft. Calvin Harris," Wibowo meticulously sprinkles sugar onto a black board. As the music plays, the vibrations create intricate patterns, slowly forming the recognizable features of the singer. It's a mesmerizing process, captured in a YouTube video that showcases the sugar dancing to the music, eventually settling into a detailed portrait. This isn't Wibowo's first foray into the world of sonic sugar art. She's created portraits of other celebrities, landscapes, and even abstract designs, all using the same unique technique. The results are nothing short of mesmerizing, with the delicate ...

CBBC team was visiting Michelle Sugar Art Studio to create a weird and wonderful egg-shaped wedding cake for their Mum and Dad. We're experimenting with different kind of fillings, from bake bean to tasty caramel Having fun time making things!      Yes, they've made a complete mess!   Dinosaur Egg Wedding Cake Be sure to check out the sneak preview on CBBC

4 x 18 feet Giant Meadow Cake Michelle Sugar Art and Kerrygold butter reveals a giant meadow cake measuring (2.5x4m) 8 x 14 feet long to the city dwellers at Finsbury Square Avenue in London on Wednesday 22 July 2015. This half-tonne creation is made out of sculpted vanilla sponge cakes with buttercream filling, covered with fondant. There is a miniature farm house, a red barn and around 100 cows made of fondant. Concept Drawing of Giant Meadow Cake Michelle Wibowo is adding finishing touches to the giant creation Getting ready to serve giant cake for London's city worker at Finsbury Avenue Square

How to capture someone's life in Birthday Cake? Recently I was working with a well-known client to create unique birthday cake capturing her husband's life. We started with exploring of what he likes and all the 'things' that matter to him. The bottom of the three-tiered cake was constructed from carved vanilla sponge cake in the shape of books that has inspired him. Photos from childhood memories were popping up as bookmarks. The Middle tier is about family and personal life, the idea came from a pop-up book showing pictures of family member and all the things that personal to him. The top tier represents professional life, his love for travel and gadgets and world that he has influenced in. We have created something more than just celebration cake. It is a centrepiece that truly unique that captured someone's life. Hope this post would inspire you or at least give you some ideas to tell story with cakes, let’s get baking!

Celebrating UK's General Election in 2015, M&M's UK is also running Character Elections Campaign. The client requires an artwork to promote these two events. Michelle Sugar Art was commissioned to recreate two magazine covers from the popular publication in the UK, ShortList and Stylist out of thousands M&Ms Chocolates. Around 12,000 multi-coloured M&Ms Chocolates and 3kg icing sugar are among the ingredients to make these sweet creations. Twitter Reaction: ShortList Magazine Cover made out of M&Ms

The world's first anamorphic food art This picture of Big Ben is the world's first anamorphic food art created by Michelle Wibowo of Michelle Sugar Art to celebrate 'Unexpected Cooking' event at the Aéroville Shopping Centre in Paris. These iconic London’s architecture: The Shard, The Cheesgrater, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, The London Eye, The Gherkin, Buckingham Palace and Battersea Power Station Are cleverly aligned to make a giant picture of Big Ben when viewed from certain angle.   This confectionery art is made entirely in hundreds of biscuits, English shortbread, wafer, chocolate, custard cream, breadsticks, and marshmallow glued together with melted chocolate.    Visitor of the shopping mall were invited to take pictures and take part in the cooking show during the event.     Michelle and her creation: The world's first anamorphic food art installation

Luxury brands on shoes and handbags have definitely captures public imagination, no wonder when it comes to celebration, why not having these desired items to be literally ‘consumed’. This cake will be the centerpiece of the birthday celebration and it has to stand out from any other luxury brand cakes that ever done in the past. We came up with the following concept: "The cakes is going to look like it's blown away (hanging on a gold colour pole), with the lids blowing away, showing what's inside the presents, such as handbags, shoes, scarf, and pearl necklace." The entire cake is floating, supported by only on a single gold pole in the middle. It is a grafity-defying sculpture. Brands name included: Chanel, LV, Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Dior, Hermes, McQueen Delicate details to match the high-standard quality of the brands

Leading Swiss Chocolatier, Lindt & Sprüngli commissioned Michelle to create champagne fountain made entirely from Lindt chocolate. More than 300 bars of Lindt chocolate were used to create the artwork. At the Vinopolis, one of the famous London’s attraction dedicated to the world of wine, these 91 delicate chocolate glasses were assembled to create 6 tiers champagne fountain rising up to 4 ft tall. Champagne Fountain Design   Lindt Chocolate bars ready to be melted into champagne coupe glasses

8 feet tall Giant Bunny Cake for Lisa's 50th Birthday Party by Michelle Sugar Art The Troxy, ex-bingo hall in East London has been transformed overnight to host 1000 guests for Lisa Tchenguiz's 50th Birthday. It was no ordinary party by any means and Michelle has been commissioned to create a pink giant bunny cake made for the party’s centerpiece. It took Michelle 100 hours to carve, sculpt and cover the cake with 40 kg pink and white fondant. The cake weights more than 250 kg, 6 men to carry them and lift up the stage. "Your cake was a huge hit. Everyone was blown away" .   Steve Varsano Last minute touches at the venue before the party started. The Troxy, ex-bingo hall in East London has been transformed overnight to host 1000 guests for Lisa’s 50th Birthday. Lisa & Steve cutting the cake (picture courtesy of Getty Images) News clipping from Daily Mail (Monday 26 January 2015) Also check out ...