Victorian and classical cameos carved out of Oreos

XXV sez, "Sculptor Judith Klausner has been carving classically- and Victorian-inspired cameos out of Oreo cookies. Her most recent series -- From Scratch -- explores traditional handicrafts using mass-produced, packaged foods as her medium. In addition to the Oreo cameos, she has embroidered a fried egg onto toast, cross-stitched Chex cereal, and more!"

And she made this: a mechanical musical jewelry-box with a (mate-beheading) preying mantis in place of the traditional confectionery ballerina. FWOAR.

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bklynma

I, Deliciovs.
g0d5m15t4k3

The Toenails and baby teeth sculpture is gross and beautiful at the same time!
JamesMason

I would eat that.
- xxv
  
  I wouldn’t; the cookies are probably quite stale by now. However the fresh art supplies (only the broken ones, of course) are quite tasty :-)
CH

Every once in awhile you see something, that is so obvious in it’s awesomeness that you go “Why on earth did I never think of that???” and you just marvel at the thing. This is one of these occasions!!!
powerpants

I was lucky enough to see these works on exhibition at the Incongruous Sink Gallery in Cambridge, MA. It was really quite something.
blackdenimgumby

This is fantastic! What delicate and creative work!
Anonymous

RE: archival materials

I was told by art degree seeking friends in college that the permanence/archiving of art was not anything the artist should be forced to consider – art is art. If an artist chooses to create art that’s permanent, great. If they choose to use a medium that’s unstable over time, no one should force them to use a more permanent medium.
Anonymous

The artist Felicity Powell does something very similar:
http://www.domobaal.com/exhibitions/51-09-felicity-powell-02.html
John Farrier

This is unspeakably awesome.
knoxblox

Very interesting, but is she worried at all about using non-archival materials? I don’t see where she covers this issue on her page, or even if it is an issue by her perception.

Maybe she could encase them in a clear layer of polymer or something?