About Me
When you love your work, you never work a day in your life.
Hi, I’m Pooja — welcome to my portfolio of handmade flowers.
2026: This year marks 6 years since I began teaching my joy in creating Botanical Sculpture. My love for this art began when my dearest friend Sarah was getting married and I offered to design her wedding cake. I imagined tiers adorned with cascades of flowers. But Sarah, a trained floral designer, was firm: “No flowers!” She didn’t want pesticides, bugs, or toxic blooms like lilies or baby’s breath near her cake.
I was disappointed, yet I couldn’t shake the vision of those floral cakes. Then I stumbled upon a phrase that felt like magic: "sugar flowers". Flowers crafted by hand, edible, safe for cakes, and breathtakingly lifelike. That was the beginning of my journey - one I’ve never left.
I’m not a baker (truth be told, I’m not much of a cook), but I fell in love with the patience and artistry it takes to sculpt a flower, petal by petal. To this day, I chase nuance: a softer curve, a truer shade, a more delicate balance, bruised petals. My flower library is filled with thousands of photographs I’ve taken of blooms that catch my eye, each one a spark for my next creation.
In 2021, I transitioned from sugar to cold porcelain (air-dry polymer clay) - a medium that allows me to preserve that same beauty with everlasting durability and detail. Today, I teach in art and continuing education programs at New York Botanical Garden, The Art School at Old Church, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, private studios and library programs. I offer a more artful indulgent experience for anyone drawn to the joy of flowers through private classes. I often design my own tools and templates, and I experiment constantly, from silicone veiners and molds to whimsical side projects. Curiosity is my constant companion. I continue to take commissions for bespoke sugar flowers, transforming a vision into reality gives me joy. Who wouldn't want a one-of-a-kind wedding cake?
Creativity is in my DNA: I studied Fashion Design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and spent nearly two decades leading my family’s international clothing business before it retired. Since then, I’ve founded my own marketing company in a niche industry that is another hobby of mine. I combined marketing, design, and artistry into a life shaped by both business and beauty.
Above all, I create and teach to share this joy. Whether you join me for a class or simply browse these pages, I hope you feel invited to pause, indulge, and explore something artful.
The creative side of life has always been my focus. I paint, I make flowers, I work for love.
Thanks for stopping by.
Pooja
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