Shireena Sculpture process - creating a unique custom wedding cake topper by Carol Shireena Sakai

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wedding cake topper size

Sculpting a cake topper requires special miniature tools.

The head of a wedding cake topper figure is usually less than 1 inch tall. The face and hands of a typical wedding cake topper are so small that clay cannot be added directly with artist's fingers (too big) and clay must to applied using miniature tools.

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The photos give an idea of the small size of the miniature sculpture tools in relationship to other common tools The tiny tip of the miniature tools is less than 1 mm. Jewlery magnifying lense is used when sculpting the features of the face and eyes for a wedding cake topper.

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