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#Eriko Kobayashi
#food
#glass
#sculpture
Eriko Kobayashi’s extremely lifelike sculptures of fried eggs, bacon, and gummy bears are made out of the very last thing you’d wish to take a chew out of. Shaped totally of glass, the Seattle-based artist’s hyperrealistic works discover our relationship with routine meal instances, consolation meals, and the nostalgia of manufacturers like Pop Tarts.
“I consider that we make choices about our clothes, meals, and on a regular basis necessities primarily based on a sense of intimacy and sympathy with the merchandise,” Kobayashi tells Colossal. Tapping into universally recognizable objects, like the ever-present breakfast menu of eggs and bacon, the artist attracts on her personal nostalgia, portraying fare she usually has shut at hand. She views glass as a medium that may each encapsulate and accumulate expertise.
Kobayashi makes use of a way referred to as hot casting, through which particular person items are fused collectively at excessive temperatures in a home made mildew. “I all the time search new invigoration and attempt to make items that deepen thought, give off a constructive 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 plenty of persistence within the pursuit of precision. For instance, within the course of of creating 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 induced temperature variations, and miscalculating the annealing time led to cracks within the glass,” she says. “Via experimentation, I ended up creating my very own molds and calculating the temperature to attain the specified type.”
Kobayashi’s work might be included within the forthcoming 2024 version of Ripleys Consider It Or Not! and is at present a part of Potluck at Hashimoto Modern in Los Angeles. And if you happen to’re in Seattle, you’ll be able to see her work within the Pratt Fine Arts Center window showcase in a presentation titled Chewy Ideas, opening this month and persevering with by means of June. Discover extra on the artist’s website and Instagram.
#Eriko Kobayashi
#food
#glass
#sculpture
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