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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Edible Prints

Sawa Tanaka has sure gotten my attention with her edible prints!
She prints on rice paper using only food such as: cream, flour, fruit juice and food coloring.

While this is not a new idea, that is, printing with food items...I believe making the entire print edible is a relatively new concept. I love it!
Ed Ruscha was painting with food items back in the 60s and 70s. He was using things such as caviar, egg whites, ketchup, chewing tobacco (well that's not food), and hot sauce. My personal favorite of Ruscha's is his piece titled "Chocolate Room." It was an installation that consisted of 360 shingle-like sheets of paper, silk-screened with chocolate. Heavenly!

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