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03-25-2016, 02:40 PM
Photographer turns old food scraps into new pieces of art
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Lauren Purnell has a real talent for playing with food.
On her blog*Culinary Canvas (http://culinarycanvas.tumblr.com/), Purnell turns leftover food scraps into small collages.
SEE ALSO: 25 pieces of food art that are too cute to eat (http://mashable.com/2015/12/07/food-art-cute/)
Purnell tells Mashable*that her adventures in food art began in college with a humble plate of spaghetti that she transformed into a "tree" using the leftover scraps. She*has since elevated her*plate to more ambitious designs.*
She's created garden scenes from herb leaves and bicycles from orange slices, but her signature is the hummingbird.
The pieces Purnell posts on Culinary Canvas make use of the scraps — peels, pits, skins and more — that she might otherwise toss out after cooking. When she does use the occasional fruit slice or whole berry, she'll save them for eating later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/food-scrap-art-culinary-canvas/)
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Lauren Purnell has a real talent for playing with food.
On her blog*Culinary Canvas (http://culinarycanvas.tumblr.com/), Purnell turns leftover food scraps into small collages.
SEE ALSO: 25 pieces of food art that are too cute to eat (http://mashable.com/2015/12/07/food-art-cute/)
Purnell tells Mashable*that her adventures in food art began in college with a humble plate of spaghetti that she transformed into a "tree" using the leftover scraps. She*has since elevated her*plate to more ambitious designs.*
She's created garden scenes from herb leaves and bicycles from orange slices, but her signature is the hummingbird.
The pieces Purnell posts on Culinary Canvas make use of the scraps — peels, pits, skins and more — that she might otherwise toss out after cooking. When she does use the occasional fruit slice or whole berry, she'll save them for eating later. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/25/food-scrap-art-culinary-canvas/)
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