Jocelyn Curry

Soon, on this site that is supposed to be mainly about lettering and illustration, I'll get back to displaying these things! But bear with me a little longer, as I continue to play and design for my son Eli's and Amy's wedding. I just cannot help myself.

This morning I crouched under a cedar tree in the corner of my back yard, and photographed these vigorous mushrooms. I love surprises in the garden. Mushrooms are always a surprise.

It so happens that I have a large supply of freshly made marzipan in my fridge. Why? Because I am doing what I did for my own wedding cake 33 years ago. I am making marzipan vegetables and fruits to decorate the young couple's wedding cake. The appearance of the natural mushrooms inspired me to pull out the untinted ball of marzipan and the red marzipan and go to work on creating some little edible fungi. These will join the pumpkins, corn, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes, and lettuces that are ready to be placed on the cake. It will look like Saturday morning at the Pike Place Market when it's all done.

Above is my finished little mushroom forest. In the foreground are the ones modeled on the real specimens in my yard. The stems are a little stout because the slim ones I first made drooped sadly. Eli, a long-time 'shroom hunter, will enjoy having fungi on his cake rather than white roses. Especially when the 'shrooms are completely edible.