Chiaroscuro, Made in Sheffield at the Town Hall

Together, as creative individuals working in the wedding industry we bring you “Chiaroscuro” Light & Dark, something different & artistic, moody & eloquent.

The shoot was organised & put to gather by Victoria from Victoria Made. Victoria creates artistry though her cakes like no-other, but not only visually… they taste divine! Totally, you would have to try them to believe me, words cannot describe… and whilst putting this post together I’m drooling!

Here are a few words from Victoria & the ideas behind the shoot:

“It’s Caravaggios paintings that draw me the most and make use of the Italian term ‘chiaroscuro’ (the name of the shoot) meaning ‘light dark’ with stunning effect. It’s on this that I wanted to base the dessert tables and the shoot. I approached Anna from Swallows and Damsons as her flowers are simply stunning and was so pleased when Jess Petrie agreed to photograph the shoot – I had seen her work on facebook and twitter and was blown away, was even more blown away to find she is a Sheffield photographer! I’m also very lucky to have Hansley Beard Events 5 minutes away from me who’s is filled with the most amazing glass ware and vintage china which I made use of.

I did two set ups loosely using the ‘light dark’ expression and styled the cakes and desserts around this. I used gold as a string tying the two tables together but using different intensities of colour on each table. Of course every still life has to have a bowl of fruit and to be honest at times you can’t beat nature so it played an integral part not just ‘filler’.

Dessert tables are becoming more popular for weddings and they are something that I would like to do a lot more of – the options are endless and styling ideas can run wild, much more so than you can with a single wedding cake. I think if it’s creatively executed desserts can be a beautiful talking point and something to really engage the guests, trying and tasting the different items on offer. It’s so enjoyable telling a story or creating an image this way and also using a lot of differing skills in terms of design and creating the desserts, making the pasty and sugar work etc… Once again it’s been fantastic to work with some amazingly talented Sheffield folk from start to finish.”