Sarah Kaufmann, also known as The Cheese Lady, started carving cheese sculptures while working as the Creative Director for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Her cheese sculptures were used in promotions for the Wisconsin dairy industry and her love of cheese art officially began. Over the years, Sarah has carved an array of cheese sculptures. […]
While browsing the internet for unique forms of artistic carvings, I came across Hoang Tran’s spectacular crayon carving. This talented California artist uses dental tools to carefully carve a variety of pop culture icons into the crayons, which he then sells on his Etsy page from $15 to $125. Tran’s carvings include Star Wars characters, animals […]
We enjoy all forms of food art, including cheese carving. Ric Testani, a student of many of my fruit and vegetable carving lessons, recently shared a few photos of his first attempt at cheese carving. He used cheddar and provolone cheese to create a Bat Mitzvah-themed carving for his boss’ niece. I knew we had a large […]
For two months every winter in Northeast China, a magical fairy tale ice world exists during the Harbin International Snow and Ice Sculptures Festival. There are miles and miles of majestic snow and ice sculptures that are often inspired by Chinese fairy tales and well-known worldwide landmarks, Now recognized as the worlds largest ice festival, it’s truly is […]
Have you ever seen hay bale sculptures before? For those of you in rural agricultural areas, they may be nothing new. But for me, these area something new I have not seen before. Cindy Rozich, a student of many of my lessons, brought this fun art to my attention when she sent me some of […]
You may wonder what Dirty Car Art has to do with fruit and vegetable carving and the answer is, well, not much. But we love all forms of art (sugar art, latte art and more) and the dirty car art by Scott Wade is definitely an impressive form of art. Scott lives down a 1.5-mile-long […]
For 24 years, Breckenridge, Colorado has been the home of the Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships. Held January 21-February 4, this event draws snow sculpting teams from around the world as well as many visitors who simply want to view their impressive work. This year featured 16 four-person teams from Catalunya (Spain), Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, […]
What do you think about when you hear “pencil carving“? Perhaps some artists have carved faces or sculptures out of a whole pencil, which is pretty amazing, right? Well, the kind of pencil carving I’m talking about involves sculpting detailed 3D images on the tiny tip of a lead pencil. Today, I want to introduce […]
In the spirit of celebrating summer, I thought you might enjoy some photos of amazing sand sculptures. Playing in the sand is such a classic summer activity and makes for great family fun. And just like fruit carving, sand carving is a wonderful artistic and creative outlet. Isn’t it a satisfying feeling to make a beautiful […]
Ok I can’t resist one more ice carving and snow festival post. One of my well traveled readers, Sandra Taylor, mentioned that she lived in Sapporo Japan, a city that is well known for their annual Snow Festival. I started looking at photos of the Sapporo Snow Festival and was again amazed enough to want […]
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