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Category Archives: Sculpture

Link Buffet: Oceans Rise, Empires Fall

May 23, 2016by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I am sad to hear that The Toast, which I have read and actively commented in since its opening, will be closing on July 1. The Toast has provided many […]

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Link Buffet, Sculpture

Tiny avocadoes and coin-sized cakes

July 24, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

A few birthdays ago, a food-loving friend gifted me with a pair of earrings by Inedible Jewelry.  They are polymer clay sculpted to look like two halves of an avocado; one […]

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Playing with Food, Sculpture, Visual appeal and presentation

Sugar, Skin, and Porcelain

January 13, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

Via Colossal, these vintage dishes covered with hand-painted ants by Evelyn Bracklow are delightfully creepy. I love the way the artist mimicks the clustering of ants when they swarm a […]

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Class, Disgust, Gender, Race, Sculpture
Cake! by Melissa Madonni Haims

Soft Cakes

September 3, 2013by Sara Davis 1 Comment

As I sleepwalked through the airport last Saturday morning, my foggy haze was dissipated and delighted by an exhibit of knitted cakes near my gate. They are by Philadelphia fiber […]

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Dessert, Family, Gender, Sculpture
Skull II by Dimitri Tsykalov

All is vanitas

March 27, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

This week at Table Matters, I have a piece up about vanitas paintings, particular those that involve food, and how they try to have it both ways: these beautiful, sumptous, […]

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Fruit, Mortality, Painting, Sculpture
a thousand threads

One teabag at a time

March 21, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

When I lived in New Orleans, I worked mostly in the late afternoon and evening, and had a lot of daytimes wide open for exploration. I spent many an afternoon […]

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Coffee & Tea, Memory, Sculpture

Don’t bother with “Butter”

February 24, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I have a weakness for whimsical ensemble comedies that follow competitors in an offbeat subculture contest. I loved Best in Show, and though it’s been years since I saw it, I […]

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Dairy, Film, Regional, Sculpture
Two photos of banana sculptures by y_yamaden

One more about food, art, and playing with it

August 1, 2011by Sara Davis 2 Comments

I just added another artist to the Gallery page: Judith G. Klausner. In her series From Scratch, Klausner adds tiny art to food or uses food to make tiny art: […]

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Art, Fruit, Playing with Food, Sculpture

Food Art Opposites

July 14, 2011by Sara Davis 1 Comment

At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of the most popular books for children is called Art Museum Opposites.  This book juxtaposes some of the museum’s well-known pieces that illustrate […]

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Art, Blog Notes, Painting, Photography, Playing with Food, Sculpture

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Sara Davis
Philadelphia, PA

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