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Here at Foodiggity, we’ve covered a lot of miniature food art before. But the models created by Britain-based artist Amanda Speakman, might be the most impressive and drool-inducing yet.
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Sure, we all love a surprise with our Froot Loops — but it’s usually at the bottom of the box. These ceramic cereal bowls, by artist Geraldine de Beco, offer a different kind of surprise, to go along with your questionable breakfast. At first glance, the bowls appear to be nothing more than intricately sculpted. But when filled, reveal an animal of choice.
The Wired Coffee Man is by sculptor Ruth Jensen. With most of her work done using the medium of wire, Jensen created the coffee-drinking guy to challenge her ‘wiring limits’. I’d say they are somewhere between fair and crazy awesome.
[Jensen’s Etsy Shop, via Design You Can Trust]
We’ve all played with our food at one time or another. Perhaps drawing our favorite team’s logo with the mashed potatoes [Go Devils!], or arranging our peas to form the Batman logo. The person behind Foogos still plays with their food. But unlike most dinnertime artists, this food-player brings an art degree and agency experience to the table… and is obviously an adult. The results are works of food art that mom won’t yell at you for.
A self-portrait, by artist Mary Ellen Croteau, consists of hundreds of plastic bottle caps. Inspired by the work of Chuck Close, Croteau combined different-sized caps into circles of color, creating incredibly lifelike textures, and begging the viewer to get up close and personal.
[via Colossal]