Topographic food sculptures. Food topographic sculptures art project by Stephanie Herr

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German artist inspiration Stephanie Herr lies in the work of the compilers of topographic maps, in their volumetric creations, which can be called almost-sculptures, specific bas-reliefs. They need not only to be considered, but to be able to understand and read, as one reads comics or stories written with pictures. Having studied the technique of creating relief sculptures, the artist willingly applies it in her own work, as can be seen by looking at the works from the series Food topographic sculptures … Topographic sculptures are a fusion of culture and science, fine arts and geography. To create such a work, the artist needs to carefully study the area that she is going to bring to life in the form of another work, create a two-dimensional image of the model, and then proceed to transform the two-dimensional into three-dimensional. Stephanie Guerr works with heavy cardboard and colored paper, non-toxic, quick-drying paints and always sharp, just incredibly sharp knife, scalpel or razor blade. The success of the operation, not only surgical, but also creative, which is carried out on a pack of painted cardboard, often depends on the sharpness and fineness of the blade.

Food products that look like they've just been packed in plastic containers and wrapped in thin cellophane is one of Stephanie Guerr's latest art projects, a series of topographic sculptures appropriately titled Food topographic sculptures. Each of them consists of many layers of colored cardboard, carefully cut and folded by hand in neat stacks. Chicken breasts and thighs, pork sausage and chicken with vegetables, cutlets and beef tenderloin, fish and steaks, fruits and vegetables - all these sculptures were created on the basis of real, real-life geographical objects that Stephanie Guerr brought to life in such an unusual way and in such an unusual shape. If you don’t know, you won’t guess that the beef steak is a 3D topographic model of the Green Valley, the sausage is the Rattlesnake Mountain outside Seattle, the onion pack is the Cebolla Wilderness area in New Mexico, and the pork tenderloin is one of the deep canyons.

Recently, the artist began to experiment with abstract, invented areas, which she also transfers to three-dimensional models - topographic sculptures of food. For more information on these and other projects, visit the Stephanie Herr website.