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play with food
16 tasty works of art made with food
Artist gives new meaning to playing with her food.
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“RED” HONG YI is a fan of playing with her food.
The Malaysia- and Shanghai-based artist gave herself a challenge for the month of March: Create a new work of art every day, using only food and a white plate as a backdrop.
“My ‘creativity with food’ series has helped me push the limits of my creativity, and has taught me to work within the confines of a very small area,” she told design blog designboom. “My previous works range from 1 x 2 to 3 x 4 meters. I’ve learned to slice, dice, stir, boil … who would have thought I’d need that to do art!”
Red has been posting the works on her Instagram feed and so far, the results are gorgeous. It’s hard to believe that some of them are made with items commonly found in the fridge.
All pics from Red/Hong Yi
Iconic Campbell's can, made of ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, oyster sauce
The Arctic melting, reflected in a melting choc ice
A giant squid made of squid and squid ink
Oreo lap dogs
This tiger is made of carrots, white radish, dried prunes
A dragonfruit dragon
Hong Yi's version of Hokusai's The Great Wave with long-grain rice and nori
Sweet scene made with cherry tomatoes, nori, soy sauce
The chicken and the egg
A lemon sun warms a tiny garden
Edible version of Edvard Munch's The Scream
The onion owl
Rural scene carved from a single cucumber
This one's a three-parter: the story of the Three Little Pigs
Huffing and puffing
And a surprise ending for the wolf
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