Roll gum paste into a ½ in/1¼ cm ball, and roll one edge until it is cone shaped. Insert a 22-guage hooked wire into the rounded edge of the cone and secure with hot glue.
Using sharp, pointed scissors, cut V-shaped snips into the sides of the pointed ball.
Roll out the remaining gum paste mixture 1/16 in/0.15 cm thick.
Using the templates in Appendix B, cut three large and three small petals from the paste.
Attach the small petals to the wire so that the pointed ball rests in the center (for detailed instructions, see “Marzipan Roses,”). Attach the large petals so that each fills a space between two of the smaller petals.
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