Edible Artists Network

The Art of Amezaiku Candy Making - Amezaiku is the fascinating art of rapidly manipulating multi-colored taffy to create sculpted animals and characters. This ancient Japanese candy art tradition requires great skill, for the 200 degree taffy cools quickly and there is little time to work. Before Miyuki, the art was practiced exclusively by men for centuries. Miyuki, also known as Candy 5, is the only female Amezaiku artist in the world. She trained under Master Kimura Takeo in 1994 and not because he was any less chauvinistic than previous artists; she paid him over sixty visits before he finally…