A Sugar High
Coming back from Rhode Island and coming down off what seems like one continuous eating, drinking indulgence since Halloween through the present Thanksgiving holiday, I’m posting these incredibly elaborate murals made with cake icing. Not sure how long they last, though — rain can wash them away, for instance, but in the process make them look as if they are aged with weathered streaks and they have been around forever.
Shelly Miller creates these cake icing murals as street art. Dilapidated buildings in economically poverty stricken areas such Brazil get coated with her sugary artwork. She creates beautiful murals as faux Portuguese “iced” tiles. I like that they have historical reference. She uses sugar to express the cultural links between it as a consumer good, excess, and the slavery trade.
The holidays are already here. Think of what else can be done with all that sugar you may be eating.
Here are a few more from other sources. Click on their pictures to bring you there.
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I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.
