[Sca-cooks] Margaret Braun at Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

[Johnna Holloway]

For those readers in New York, cake artist Margaret Braun will be an artist in residence on Tuesdays through the end of September at the Museum of Art and Design.

During her time at MAD, Braun is designing, creating and executing an installation of 2,000 hand-hewn sugar cups produced through a variety of techniques from molding sugar to painting decorations in gold leaf.  

NYT writes. "Her project is to fashion 2,000 drinking cups out of sugar, using the hardened mixture called pastillage that is often used to adorn wedding cakes. Each cup is different, and they are sturdy enough to be used. You can watch her at work, handle the cups and ask questions on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: “2,000 Sugar Cups” at 2 Columbus Circle (59thStreet), sixth floor, 212-299-7777, madmuseum.org."


Margaret Braun’s medium is sugar. Growing up in Levittown, New York, amongst thousands of cookie-cutter houses, Braun was curious about the ways in which personal identity genuinely thrives when set against sameness.  As a child, she responded to this environment by filling notebooks and covering surfaces with ornate sequential patterns.  As an adult, she rediscovered this solace by decorating cakes. 

Braun is the author of Cakewalk (2001, Rizzoli), teaches throughout Europe and South America, and has been featured extensively in film, print and TV.  For more information on Braun, visit her website: www.margaretbraun.com.

http://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/sugar-cups has another article.

Johnnae