The Art of Brock Davis

It began with a banana. In an effort to entertain his two children at breakfast one day, the graphic-designer and photographer Brock Davis put the brain that has carried him through 17 years of creative thinking in the advertising industry into gear, and fashioned a section of the peel into a hat for the banana to wear. Cue delighted children – and a delightful new project for the man from Minneapolis to play with.

He has since refashioned a whole host of foodstuffs into whimsical sculptures, including, as seen here, a cucumber killer whale, a Gummi bearskin rug and, impressively, a painstaking recreation of Stonehenge using Rice Krispies and just a touch of glue. “I looked at a few dramatic aerial photos and spent 90 minutes getting the lighting right for the shadows on the model,” explains Davis.

Other mini masterpieces built by the American include a broccoli house – the “house” being made of balsa wood (I wasn’t able to build my son a treehouse, so I built him this instead”) – historic explosions in cauliflower and an exhibitionist coffee cup.

And why do it? “Any object that begins to appear mundane is a good time to start re-imagining it,” he muses. “I’ll always encourage playing with food.” (Via The Independent)

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

Brock Davis

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