Final Project

I'm gonna say it is kinda hard to write about my final project, but I am gonna give it a shot.
For our final project, Billy decided to change the format to a fun project that incorporates food.  We had to incorporate food into art, whether it be an edible artwork, a drawing of food, or a food sculpture.  I was all over the place with my thinking, not really knowing what to do.  I had some ideas at first, making my favorite dish and focusing on everyone enjoying it, or making a more artistic piece that may not be edible.
I started out thinking about baking some cookies.  I was going to try to incorporate some important events during the last ten or so years.  The idea would be to have a cookie that looks like the twin towers, maybe one that resembles Barack Obama, and another that looks like the every popular ipod.  I had some good ideas but in the end I figured that it would be too tough to pull all that together.  I didn't know how I would make the cookies resemble the figures or events.  So I changed my plans and made an awesome frog.

  

This is the frog that I based my project off of.  I googled "food art," and saw this picture and it looked really cool.  So, I went to the grocery store and bought the necessary materials, an apple, grapes, carrots, spinach leaves, and rice to put it on.  I started by cutting the apple in half, and then carefully cut out the body of the frog using a sharp knife.  Next, I carved out the sides of the frog, shaping him to look nice.  Then I poured lemon juice on the apple, since it would be in the fridge for the night.  Next I cut the carrots to resemble webbed frog feet.  I found a square tupperware container and poured the uncooked rice into it.  I pulled apart some spinach leaves and layed them around the outside of the container.  I layed the carrot feet on the rice and placed the apple on top in the right position.  Next I found some toothpicks and pulled out two grapes.  I put the toothpicks through the grapes and into the apple and shoved them all the way in to keep the eyes in place.  That was the final step, and then I starred in amazement at my beautiful frog.

I don't really have a reason as to why I made a frog for my art project.  I wanted to make something completely out of food and I came up with this idea.  Though I wouldn't eat it, especially the uncooked rice, it is completely edible, technically.  I wanted to make something that was appealing to look at, and so far I have gotten some good comments on my frog.  My frog is one of my better looking art projects, if I do say so myself, and I hope everyone enjoys the donuts I am bringing in to eat with my frog!