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Media: Royal cake icing, food color, luster dust, and dragees (over a beachball)
Dimension: Aprxmtly 60 cms. in diameter
Explanation:I made this for my printmaking class as a book project. I wanted to make something to represent the passing of time and the connections between humans and their environment. There are three different patterns piped on the beach ball. One features Krakens (mythic beasts) in the ocean. The second one shows constellation while the third one shows seasonal farming tasks with a calender accompanied by zodiac signs. Edible royal icing seems to add the changing, decaying element to the project, that also represents the passing of time
Interests: I am interested in making art projects with edible materials. It is important to me that my projects are BOTH art and food. Everything that I make is completely edible. Why edible? Well, I happen to like three dimensional art and cooking/baking. Merging my interests seems to be a natural progression.
Background: Classes taken (1)Wilton Cake 1, 2, and 3 and (2)Japanese flower arrangement-Ikenoboo School. Currently, I am learning royal Thai fruits and vegetable carving by using videos. I have a B.A. degree in Liberal Art.
Media: Gingerbread cookies, royal icing, food color, food gel, luster dust, dragees, caramel (for the coral parts), wafers (for the box), twines, floral wire, chopsticks, and bamboo skewers
Dimension: Aprxmtly 13 cms. in height (Small pieces), 40 cms. in length/10 cms. in height (the skirt in front)
Explanation:The inspiration of this project came from three sources -- cookie bouquets, takara bune (a Japanese treasure ship with seven deities who bring in good luck), and kumade (a Japanese decorative, lucky rake). I wanted to make my version of cookie bouquet with Japanese lucky symbols. So, I piped gingerbread cookie dough into auspicious forms, baked and colored them. Then, I attached them to sticks. I cooked and shaped caramel into coral bunches and put them in a box made out of wafers. The blue skirt in front is a part of the treasure ship whose sail is hidden beneath the lucky symbols. I colored those parts for this project. Next time, however, I may leave the cookies uncolored to make their forms and texture stand out more.
Media: A watermelon, yellow and green zucchinies, carrots, and cucumbers
Dimension: Aprxmtly 35 cms. in diameter (the watermelon)
Explanation: When a summer season comes, I get excited because I can find affordable watermelons for my royal Thai fruit carving projects, called Kae-Sa-Luk. Since I am self-taught by learning carving skills via video series, someday, I would like to directly take lessons from Thai carving masters. This project does not do justice to representing the depth and beauty of royal Thai fruits and vegetable carving tradition. Whenever I see carving masters' pieces, they always blow me away. I consider myself to be between a beginning level and an intermediate one. When you see a person in a supermarket, spending a lot of time in a fruit and vegetable section, carefully examining the shapes and ripeness of the produce, that could be another fruit carver.
