{"id":4682,"date":"2011-11-01T00:05:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T07:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=4682"},"modified":"2013-07-08T12:46:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T19:46:49","slug":"joshs-mexican-folk-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/joshs-mexican-folk-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh’s Mexican folk art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Josh writes, “Here is a photo of the sugar skulls that I made for a speech that I did on ‘Mexican folk art.’\u00a0They are made from sugar, water and meringue powder. You put the mixture into a mold and allow it to dry for 6 hours. Then you hollow it out a bit so the finished skull isn’t too heavy. After allowing it to dry further, you glue the front and back together with royal icing, and decorate them with royal icing.”<\/p>\n

(from Jenny) Josh, right after you sent your picture, I was at a street fair here in L.A. and saw these pillows, etc. for sale. What are the odds of seeing similar folk art on the same day! I thought you would enjoy these…<\/p>\n

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Josh writes, “Here is a photo of the sugar skulls that I made for a speech that I did on ‘Mexican folk art.’\u00a0They are made from sugar, water and meringue powder. You put the mixture into a mold and allow it to dry for 6 hours. Then you hollow it out a bit so the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-from-friends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t