Do it with style
Posted by charley on July 5th, 2008
It might just be me but whenever i attempt a work of art it never comes out the way i expect or even imagine it might be, but theres so many people out there who can just reel off a bit of art in 3 minutes and it’s bloody amazing. The best thing i’ve ever done in that time is ruin a perfectly good coat with a flyaway cottage pie.
Browsing away this afternoon i discovered a few works of art that caught my eye. They look so incredibly detailed but amazingly effortless, though i know if i tried myself they wouldn’t look so! The first i came across was a really cute book by Rob Ryan called “This is For You”, i think it’s being advertised as a book for Valentines because it’s so lovey dovey and romantic. His work is made out of paper cut into shapes or cut out like a stencil, and is copied into his book. There are some incredible pieces of work in there, all made into a story with romantic tag lines. It’s sort of weird to think that a bit of paper cut out into lines and shapes could make such an incredible picture but they’re so intricate, and Rob Ryan seems to be able to do it as easy as the ABC.
The next piece i came across whilst poring over Digg.com, and immediately wanted to blog about it. This woman is called Naomi and she makes the most delicious looking cakes and sweets. She’s put photos on her Flickr page Hello Naomi and i spent ages just flicking through all the amazing confectionery she’s created. There’s Super Mario cupcakes for the nerds out there and even Pac Man cakes you can sit side by side to create a Pac Man maze! My favourite though are the girlie ones with coloured icing and every glittery topping known to man, silver balls and blue sprinkles, pink flowers and white chocolate curls, yum! All this talk about cakes is making me hungry. I don’t think i’ve ever seen such creativity in cake-making because for me a simple victoria sponge makes me proud! After the lemon sorbet and apple fritter try-outs the other week i may attempt my hand at cupcake decoration :)
