My Florida cousins sent me these pictures. Believe it or not, there is a woman who makes marzipan babies-- yes babies made out of frosting! And here are the pictures to prove it.
This woman has some serious talent.
Having seen real premies (prematurely born infants) I have to say these are remarkable replicas. And they remind us--- those 'buns' in the oven, well they are much more than buns or fetuses, they are little people!!! And anyone who doesn't think so--- well they really frost my cake :)
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Except they look just real enough so that eating them would be creepy.
i second k.w.'s comment. cool but creepy.
The great level of artistic talent is indisputable; but who could eat such a thing??? I'm sorry. I just don't get it.
Hi Ben,
I've been lurking here for awhile. Just stopped by to thank you for these amazing photos. I really think they're fantastic.
Blessings,
e-Mom @ Chrysalis
I do not think that the intention is to eat them - I think that the frosting just connotes their sweetness.
Yes... creepy it is...
Yep, this is demented. I understand the making of prematurely born babies for display but to eat??? I felt sick when I read that.
amazing, but i echo everyone else....why out of frosting? definitely a creep factor of 10...
Who said anyone was eating them? They're food art!
BW3
Well, in a time when the sacred symbol of the cross (which by the way was/is a means of execution) is made into chocolate and regular fare to buy, give to children, and eat at Easter time (when we revere the cross), eating babies should not surprise anyone.
See you on the 24th.
-- Chris in Kokomo
It looks like the marzipan babies are an urban legend. You can read more about it at snopes.com.
Turns out the sculptures aren't actually marzipan, but are made from Prosculpt polymer clay and mohair. The artist's web site is here.
Hi Dr Witherington;
dont want to spoil everyones enjoyment of the pictures; but for my exams, i recently read that these sort of pictures (along with those of Anne Gedes), showing babies in flowers ext. are actually indicitive of the materialsitic nature of society, and echoes the fact that for many, babies have been become a 'designer object', have become something that is shown off and used for personal gain. the authors compared these photos with photos of kids playing in the mud (mostly form the previous era), having fun, having scrapped knees and not being perfect ancd clean, but being dirty and real and really enjoying life.
now i am aware that these actual photos are of Marzipan babies; yet i was wondering if you would agree that these types of photos reflect the individualsitic, consumeristic, egosostical society of America?
Well, there is the age-old question of whether you eat jelly-babies by biting the head off first...
I have to agree with Ben on this one. They are meant as food art, not as a light snack or refreshments for a baby shower. And I'm afraid the authors Jonathan wrote are really stretching to make erudite generalizations. The people I know who love Anne Geddes' pictures tend to get mushy over all babies and children, whether the subjects are wearing fairy wings, animal costumes, or have been playing in the mud.
Oops! So intrigued, I did a little checking too. I have to say that my findings were the same as Shaun Tabatt's. I still think they're fabulous works of art though, no matter what the medium.
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