--- product_id: 48839402 title: "The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage" price: "€ 138.62" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48839402-the-art-of-the-confectioner-sugarwork-and-pastillage store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # 300+ pages of expert sugar artistry Hundreds of full-color photos & watercolor illustrations Step-by-step pro techniques & specialized tools The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage **Price:** € 138.62 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🍭 Elevate your pastry game with sugar artistry that dazzles and inspires! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage - **How much does it cost?** € 138.62 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48839402-the-art-of-the-confectioner-sugarwork-and-pastillage) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Pro-Level Recipes & Tools:** Includes precise recipes and tool recommendations for flawless execution - β€’ **Design Like a Competition Winner:** Learn to create award-winning showpieces with expert design insights - β€’ **Master the Art of Sugar Sculpting:** Unlock 5 advanced sugarwork techniques from pulling to blowing - β€’ **Visual Learning with Stunning Imagery:** Hundreds of detailed photos and hand-painted illustrations guide every step - β€’ **For Ambitious Pros & Serious Home Cooks:** Comprehensive, approachable guide to elevate your pastry skills ## Overview The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage is a definitive 300+ page guide by award-winning pastry chef Ewald Notter, offering professional-level instruction on sugar sculpting techniques including pastillage, sugar casting, pulling, and blowing. Packed with hundreds of photos, watercolor illustrations, recipes, and expert tips, this book empowers pastry chefs and serious home cooks to create breathtaking edible showpieces and compete at the highest level. ## Description A gorgeous professional-level guide to the most challenging form of the confectioner's art A showpiece created entirely from sugar is truly a work of art, and it takes an eye for design and strong pastry skills to work with this delicate medium. The Art of the Confectioner is the ultimate guide to working with sugar to create beautiful sugar and pastillage shapes, flowers, figurines, and breathtaking full-scale showpieces. Author and award-winning pastry chef Ewald Notter shares wisdom gained from more than 35 years in the pastry kitchen, and combines straightforward advice and step-by-step instructions with lessons on developing artistry and design skills. The book begins with a basic overview of sugar, including information on the equipment and ingredients needed to work with sugar and Isomalt. Subsequent chapters cover Pastillage, Sugar Casting, Sugar Pulling, Sugar Blowing, and New Trends in Sugarwork, and include detailed instructions on how to make everything from delicate flowers to whimsical blown sugar figurines. And the final chapter shows how readers can bring together all the skills learned throughout the book to create award-winning sugar and pastillage showpieces. From working with shapes and color and choosing a focus point to developing a sculpture based on a particular theme, Notter provides insights into all the tricks of the trade and expert advice on preparing for competitions. Throughout the book, techniques are explained with simple, step-by-step instructions and illustrated with clear how-to photos, while stunning showpiece beauty shots provide inspiration. The book includes hundreds of color photos as well as beautiful hand-painted watercolor illustrations by the author, and an Appendix of templates is provided to help readers replicate the showpieces shown throughout the book. For pastry students, aspiring confectioners, and professional pastry chefs looking to improve their skills for restaurant work or competition, The Art of the Confectioner is a must-have guide from one of the field's most well-known experts. Review: For Pros & serious home cooks who want to try something new and exciting - Mr Notter I salute you once again: The Art of the Confectioner- Sugarwork and Pastillage is meant for professional Sweet and pastry makers, but it also disects the techniques enough so it can be followed by the serious home cooks who wants to try something new and exciting. Sugar is one of the most exciting mediums for Sculpting & crafting. The structure of it allows glass like manipulation to create amazing sculptural pieces. There are recipes for each technique, as well as lots of photographs to assist in explaining each step. This book is over 300 pages of well written and photographed instructions, recipes and tips. It's a comprehensive course in itself. The book starts with the basic tools you'll need, Please Note that some of the tools are specific to techniques also look at the technique you want and then see the tools you'll need for that project. The different categories are: A. Pastillage- this is something like a sugar clay that can be worked much like polymer, it's allowed to air dry and can be airbrushed with food safe colors. It can be rolled and sculpted. B. Sugar casting works to create solid transparent pieces. It's similar to any hard candy you may have made. C. Sugar pulling- this is the method that created the gorgeous candy ribbons on the cover. It's also ideal for flowers. D. Blown Sugar- like blown glass, this creates delicate hollow ornaments and sculpture, and also uses the most specialized tools E. There are also newer effects like net which creates lacy patterns in a sheet and pressed sugar which is the same way sugar eggs or sugar skulls are made. Each technique has projects shown with step-by-step instructions. You will learn how to make molds for casting, how to texture pastillage, and how to blow shapes like doves for an incredibly lovely cake topper. There are also tips for painting the finished pieces. While some of the ingredients will have to be purchased online or at a specialty store, it's worth it. There are lots of photographs which show the range of this medium. Fish swimming in coral, abstract works of art that look like glass and ornaments that look like vintage German glass. I really do recommend it, and think that sugar sculpting may be a micro-trend soon in food crafting. Go on you know you want to.....Enjoy Review: Fabulous book - Great pictures, step by step. Recipes. The works. Love this book. Something to treasure. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 598,247 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 261 in Pastry 1,039 in Puddings & Desserts 3,125 in Food & Travel Writing | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 219 Reviews | ## Images ![The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/617TsdqwWxL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For Pros & serious home cooks who want to try something new and exciting *by D***A on 8 August 2013* Mr Notter I salute you once again: The Art of the Confectioner- Sugarwork and Pastillage is meant for professional Sweet and pastry makers, but it also disects the techniques enough so it can be followed by the serious home cooks who wants to try something new and exciting. Sugar is one of the most exciting mediums for Sculpting & crafting. The structure of it allows glass like manipulation to create amazing sculptural pieces. There are recipes for each technique, as well as lots of photographs to assist in explaining each step. This book is over 300 pages of well written and photographed instructions, recipes and tips. It's a comprehensive course in itself. The book starts with the basic tools you'll need, Please Note that some of the tools are specific to techniques also look at the technique you want and then see the tools you'll need for that project. The different categories are: A. Pastillage- this is something like a sugar clay that can be worked much like polymer, it's allowed to air dry and can be airbrushed with food safe colors. It can be rolled and sculpted. B. Sugar casting works to create solid transparent pieces. It's similar to any hard candy you may have made. C. Sugar pulling- this is the method that created the gorgeous candy ribbons on the cover. It's also ideal for flowers. D. Blown Sugar- like blown glass, this creates delicate hollow ornaments and sculpture, and also uses the most specialized tools E. There are also newer effects like net which creates lacy patterns in a sheet and pressed sugar which is the same way sugar eggs or sugar skulls are made. Each technique has projects shown with step-by-step instructions. You will learn how to make molds for casting, how to texture pastillage, and how to blow shapes like doves for an incredibly lovely cake topper. There are also tips for painting the finished pieces. While some of the ingredients will have to be purchased online or at a specialty store, it's worth it. There are lots of photographs which show the range of this medium. Fish swimming in coral, abstract works of art that look like glass and ornaments that look like vintage German glass. I really do recommend it, and think that sugar sculpting may be a micro-trend soon in food crafting. Go on you know you want to.....Enjoy ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fabulous book *by J***E on 5 June 2024* Great pictures, step by step. Recipes. The works. Love this book. Something to treasure. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful book *by F***S on 2 August 2019* Tells you all you need to know. Seemed a bit expensive but well worth the asking priceπŸ˜ƒ ## Frequently Bought Together - The Art of the Confectioner: Sugarwork and Pastillage - The Art of the Chocolatier: From Classic Confections to Sensational Showpieces - Chocolates and Confections: Formula, Theory, and Technique for the Artisan Confectioner --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48839402-the-art-of-the-confectioner-sugarwork-and-pastillage](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/48839402-the-art-of-the-confectioner-sugarwork-and-pastillage) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-14*