Arts & Culture

Food Art and Farewells

Many parents, at one point or another, end up telling their kids, “Don’t play with your food!”  While this is good advice, artists rarely follow rules.  Some parents have even taken a liking to this art form, creating something whimsical out of the ordinary for their children.  What is this art form?  Food art.  I believe in ending things on a high note.  And, as this wonderful year of clay comes to a close, what better way to say farewell than with the fun, enticing, scintillating world of food art?

Food art is multifaceted.  Food art is something anyone can do.  Rearranging fruit on a plate to paint a landscape, creating a portrait out of spaghetti, or carving an elaborate pattern into a zucchini are all considered food art.  Some people dedicate their whole lives to creating art with food. Because there are millions of food items in the world, the sky is the limit.  And one amazing thing about food artists is so many of them are vastly different from one another. 

Amaury Guichon is a pastry and chocolate art genius.  Known as a pastry chef, Guichon also has an incredible talent for working with chocolate to create life-like masterpieces.  But looking at the inside of many of these artworks, tantalizing pastries await.  

Amaury Guichon finishing his 7-foot sea dragon

Amaury Guichon has been known to create life-sized chocolate sculptures, combine chocolate and cake for a delicious piece of art, or make extremely fancy pastries.  Essentially, there is nothing Amaury Guichon cannot do in the dessert field.  

Edgar Artis is a France based fashion designer.  Not only is he incredible at painting and sketching but he occasionally creates fashion designs using a mix of traditional and food mediums. 

Not every artwork made of food has to be super fancy, however.  Just taking food from a refrigerator and letting inspiration lead the artist can result in colorful and unique artworks.  

Or, instead of using a host of foods, simply one food item can be used to create something a little more abstract. 

From fashion designers to moms trying to get their kids to eat vegetables.  Or professional pastry chefs to someone who was bored one day and found a new hobby.  Food art is something truly special.  One unfortunate fact about art made from food, however, is that it doesn’t last very long.  Just like our time at clay must come to a close for this school year, so must the medium of this art form be thrown away eventually.  I would encourage every one of you to spice up your plating the next time you cook or eat.  I know I certainly will be.  It will remind us of fond memories of clay and this Unusual Arts column.  I wish you all the very best in the last months of school and remember–anything can be your medium if you use a bit of imagination. 

 

 

 

Works Cited: 

Winters, Chris.  “Pastry Chef Crates 7-Foot Dragon Made Entirely Out of Chocolate.” 12 Tomatoes, 12tomatoes.com/chocolate-dragon/, Accessed April 9, 2022.  

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