You would be forgiven for thinking, on first glance, that
Carl Warner’s creations were just mystical, intricate landscapes; however, look
a bit closer and you’ll get a tasty surprise!
The Willy Wonka of the art world’s latest venture of Foodscapes, a series of landscape photographs created entirely out of food, are
to be published in his new book, ‘A
world of food,’ and are set to explore food in a fun and creative way.
Warner’s aim for his latest Foodscape project is to get
children interested in healthy food options, as opposed to just wanting a plate
of chips or a cake. Warner states ‘I use my work as a vehicle to get kids to
think about what they are eating.’ Warner’s landscapes certainly do this, his
pasta and cucumber trees, chilli pepper scorpion and banana hot-air balloon,
complete with melon fruit basket, giving a whole new fun and creative meaning
to healthy food choices.
Warner has said that he wants to change the face of healthy
food with his images, making them more engaging and appetising, tempting
children to pick fruit and veg at meal times over a less healthy option: ‘…make
Asparagus become a rocket or turrets on a castle and it makes it much more
engaging for them.’
Through Warner’s images, it is no longer a ‘yucky’ plate of
broccoli in front of your child at the dinner table, but an enchanted, creepy
forest that they can’t wait to explore. Seeing food in a more imaginative and
engaging way at meal time, as opposed to ‘boring greens’, will encourage
children to want to choose these healthy food options more, and in turn lead to
a happy, healthy future generation.
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