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Hello and thanks in advance for the help! I am working on a shadowbox that contains a birthday invitation along with several frosted sugar cookies. I am going to cut several windows and space the mat so that the cookies are recessed. I have been wondering about how I should best mount the cookies. I am thinking of spraying some sort of waterproof barrier and then attaching with glue. Any ideas?
 
I once framed the icing layer from a Birthday cake. It was hard icing so I drilled holes in it and
stitched it.= to the backing. I told the customer it would probably disintegrate over time which he was cool with.
A year later it was a pile of dust at the bottom of the frame.
Varnishing may make the cookies last slightly longer but the only long-term method of preservation is resin encapsulation.
There are companies who do this. It's a process used a lot for medical specimens and various organic items.
 
Agreed, framing a baked food good made of organic matter will not go well in the long term without some high level preservation techniques outside of the picture framing industry standards.
Here's a reddit thread on the topic:
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I've been watching these youtubers for awhile now.
Every year they try to preserve a pumpkin.
It doesn't go well:
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First thing to consider, is do they care if it lasts the week/month/year/decade/century?
Normally we would assume they want to keep it until the heat death of the universe (or thereabout), but sometimes we have to consider that the item being framed will not last very long.
For something short term I could consider nails/screws/staples in from the back.
For something long term, some type of resin or alcohol immersion, or possibly an inert gas or vacuum.

I would not recommend experimenting with the long term options. Get professional help if they want to go that route.

For any short term method, consider that this item will likely draw bugs. Also using hidden Silica gel may be necessary.

Best of luck,
Brian
 
We framed some special German cookies in 2018 that are made to have a long life span.
We used tulle to mount them and it was darn near invisible.
I attached a higher contrast image so you can see the tulle.
As of last week (customer is my neighbor) the cookies are still intact.

edie the nowIwantacookie goddess
 

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Nice work, Edie!

You may not have known about Crepeline French silk Organdy in 2018, but next time, you might want to try that fabric. It's far less visible than tulle.
 
Framing Goddess said:
We framed some special German cookies in 2018 that are made to have a long life span.
We used tulle to mount them and it was darn near invisible.
I attached a higher contrast image so you can see the tulle.
As of last week (customer is my neighbor) the cookies are still intact.

edie the nowIwantacookie goddess
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WOW! That's looks fantastic.
 
Speaking of "not knowing about things"....
I had no idea just how many different kinds of silk there are!
www.sartorbohemia.com

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~nikodeumusohgreatEdietheFramingGoddesshasmademewantacookietoo
 
Jim Miller said:
Nice work, Edie!

You may not have known about Crepeline French silk Organdy in 2018, but next time, you might want to try that fabric. It's far less visible than tulle.
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If it was 1918 instead of 2018, the French silk might not have gotten along well with the German cookies.
:icon11: Rick
 
On a slight tangent, there was a German man named Gunther von Hagens who had a travelling
exhibition of preserved dissected cadavers. He had his own technique of 'Plasticising'.
While is was a bit weird and not a little disturbing there no denying that it was impressive.
Google him at your peril. 😧
 
Prospero said:
On a slight tangent, there was a German man named Gunther von Hagens who had a travelling
exhibition of preserved dissected cadavers. He had his own technique of 'Plasticising'.
While is was a bit weird and not a little disturbing there no denying that it was impressive.
Google him at your peril. 😧
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Pass :vomit:
 
That exhibition was subject to bit of scandal because people started to wonder where all the bodies came from. It turned out he had made an arrangement with the Chinese government to supply them. The Chinese government refused to tell where they came from. The bodies were all fairly young and undamaged. Questions arose.
 
Prospero said:
On a slight tangent, there was a German man named Gunther von Hagens who had a travelling
exhibition of preserved dissected cadavers. He had his own technique of 'Plasticising'.
While is was a bit weird and not a little disturbing there no denying that it was impressive.
Google him at your peril. 😧
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The exhibit "Real Bodies" has been on display on the lower level of the Horseshoe Hotel in Las Vegas (the official WCAF show hotel) for years.
:cool: Rick

When these kinds of exhibits first became popular some years ago, with the technique "Plastination", one of my employees joked about Arnold Schwartzenneger being "The Plastinator", so I made this:
plastinator.webp
 
DVieau2 said:
Maybe this could be an option.

Fake Food - Display Foods - Plastic Food - Food Props - Joke Spills

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That's a fun site. Until we remodeled our kitchen, I had a huge refrigerator magnet collection that covered all three sides of the fridge. many of them looked like very realistic foods, from candies to vegetables and fruits, etc.
:cool: Rick
 
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