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These Avocado Stone Carvings Are Anything But The Pits

December 19, 2017 by Chris Durso Leave a Comment

via Jan Campbell, Instagram @avocadostonefaces

Avocado stones are a nuisance. Not only are they fairly dangerous to remove, but they take up valuable space where more yummy avocado could go.

Avocado Stone Faces finds beauty in the cumbersome pit, transforming each one into beautiful art. Irish artist, Jan Campbell, carves these avocado stones by hand — transforming them into beautiful talismans. Hopefully, they can protect you from the dangers of avocado pit-removal.

See more of Campbell’s work on Instagram or her shop here.

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Ægir, Norse giant and king of the sea. scroll through the pictures to see his crown of waves 👑🌊

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Paper Food Art That’s Art Gallery and/or Restaurant-Worthy

November 29, 2017 by Chris Durso Leave a Comment

Paper artist, Maud Vantours, makes art that looks good enough to eat or display in an art gallery. Using colorful paper, Vantours creates beautiful 3-D sculptures of various food items and other masterworks of color, shape and texture.

Check out more of her work below and over on Instagram.

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Seriously, Look at This Avocado Carving

June 12, 2017 by Chris Durso Leave a Comment

Italian artist, Daniele Barresi, creates fruit and vegetable masterpieces. One of his latest works is a race against time, with a beautiful avocado carving that took about one hour.

The avocado pit, which is often a nuisance, becomes the centerpiece of the intricate fruit art. Barresi works with various types of fruits and vegetables, and sometimes soap. See more below and over on Instagram.

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A Beyoncé Statue Made of Cheese Is Our Bae

April 3, 2017 by Chris Durso Leave a Comment

And, you thought Beyoncé’s pregnancy photo-shoot was cheesy. This Beyoncé Statue Made of Cheese was created by sculptor David Bradley and The Robin Collective, for the East Village Cheese and Wine Festival in London.

Although the 45-lb statue is made from a solid block of cheddar, it’s titled the Brie-Oncé… I think I would’ve gone with “Whey-Oncé.” Either way, worship your new Queen Bey, or Whey… whichever.

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Artist Creates Cylindrical Fruits As a Satirical Reminder of Where We’re Heading With Genetic Modification

January 20, 2017 by Chris Durso Leave a Comment

Although, at first appearance, these appear to be some kind of new and awesome fruit chews, they’re actually an art project to help bring awareness to the industrialization of produce.

The student art project, cm-VEGE by Takuma Kamata, paints a grim picture of where we may be headed with genetic modification. With the use of PVC pipe, acrylic paint, cardboard, wood, and other materials — Kamata reinvents fruits and vegetables in cylindrical form, imagining that they’d be easier for suppliers to ship.

They would certainly be easier to slice. See more of the project below.