Eriko Kobayashi Casts Extraordinarily Lifelike Foods From Glass in Her Hyperrealistic Sculptures — Colossal



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Eriko Kobayashi’s extremely lifelike sculptures of fried eggs, bacon, and gummy bears are constituted of the very last thing you’d need to take a chunk out of. Fashioned totally of glass, the Seattle-based artist’s hyperrealistic works discover our relationship with routine meal occasions, consolation meals, and the nostalgia of manufacturers like Pop Tarts.

“I consider that we make selections about our clothes, meals, and on a regular basis necessities based mostly on a sense of intimacy and sympathy with the merchandise,” Kobayashi tells Colossal. Tapping into universally recognizable gadgets, like the ever present breakfast menu of eggs and bacon, the artist attracts on her personal nostalgia, portraying fare she typically has shut at hand. She views glass as a medium that may each encapsulate and accumulate expertise.

Kobayashi makes use of a method known as hot casting, wherein particular person items are fused collectively at excessive temperatures in a home made mildew. “I at all times search new invigoration and attempt to make items that deepen thought, give off a optimistic feeling, and arouse curiosity,” she says. “The self-discipline required to convincingly create an object in glass calls for that I spend a protracted, concentrated time frame making that object.”

Working with glass requires a variety of persistence within the pursuit of precision. For instance, within the course of of constructing stable, cubic gummy bear items, Kobayashi underwent a lot trial and error. “Incorrect fusing temperatures resulted in gummy bears melting an excessive amount of, errors within the mildew form precipitated temperature variations, and miscalculating the annealing time led to cracks within the glass,” she says. “By experimentation, I ended up creating my very own molds and calculating the temperature to attain the specified kind.”

Kobayashi’s work shall be included within the forthcoming 2024 version of Ripleys Consider It Or Not! and is at the moment a part of Potluck at Hashimoto Modern in Los Angeles. And when you’re in Seattle, you possibly can see her work within the Pratt Fine Arts Center window showcase in a presentation titled Chewy Ideas, opening this month and persevering with by way of June. Discover extra on the artist’s website and Instagram.

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