Christine Leaming has always been artistic. Instead of paint or clay or other traditional materials, her chosen media these days are buttercream icing, fondant, modeling chocolate, food dyes and cake batter.

Amber Fenton is a cookie artist. Amongst others in the world of royal icing masters, however, Fenton considers herself a “cookier,” a title adopted by fellow bakers whose canvases of choice are the infinite shapes that can be formed into a sugar cookie.