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Amazing Food Sculptures

Not only do I love food, but I love the way it looks too. Maybe that is why I was so bedazzled by these unbelievably realistic wooden food carvings created by (possibly very hungry) Japanese sculptor and painter Seiji Kawasaki. Have a look at these superb artworks and ask yourself: firstly, would you honestly have been able to tell that they were man-made? And secondly, do you feel peckish?
 
Is that a bar of chocolate emerging from that plank of wood?
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With a simple knife look at what this artist can do
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This fish would even fool a cat!
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The detail here is extraordinary
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A chip off the old block
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These artworks really have an effect on me
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When an artist can imitate the work of a baker that is mighty impressive
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These Kaki no tane are a popular snack in Japan, made with rice crackers and peanuts
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And even wood
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It is only when they are half-finished that you realize they are artworks
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Otherwise, you could be taken in completely
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For Seiji this art functions by giving us positive feelings
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When we say, 'I'd like to eat', we are thinking positively
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Seiji is manipulating this feeling in us through his carving
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He says: 'The person who looks at my work feels like eating even though he knows that it is actually wood. I think that’s very interesting'
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He also sees his work as a homage to food
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He explains: 'I'm a fan of food'
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Well, I'm a fan of food too
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And, Seiji Kawasaki, I'm a fan of your art also
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But what do you think?
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