美食博主利用吐司创作将早餐变为艺术。

The country of kitsch is turning food into art using only pieces of bread as a canvas.

庸俗艺术之国日本将面包片当作画布，把食物变成了艺术。

Toasted Hello Kittys, Pikachus and Kawaii-style rabbits are trending on Japanese blogs, with innovative, and cute, designs being burnt onto pieces of bread.

烘烤Hello Kitty，皮卡丘或者造型可爱的小兔逐渐在日本博客上流行起来，因为创新又逗趣，各种各样的设计被烘烤到了面包片上。

Spreads like Vegemite, jam, honey and even cheese are then used to illustrate the more famous features of each character, tuning the burnt-out shapes into life-like toy figures.

将烤焦而成的形状变成栩栩如生的公仔， 再用维奇酱、果酱、蜂蜜甚至是奶酪描绘出各个角色的特征。

Hello Kitty: A Japanese food blogger known as Kummy makes cute and kitsch toast art

Hello Kitty:一位名叫 Kummy 的日本美食博主，制作了这个可爱的烤吐司艺术品。

Pop figures: The Japanese rabbit Cathy was created as a friend of Hello Kitty, a favourite character for toast art

流行的图样：Hello Kitty的好友卡通兔Cathy是烤吐司艺术最爱展示的角色。

The trend first started to pick up 2008 with professional artists using hundreds of toast pieces to illustrate famous figures, from Barack Obama to X-Factor judges.

这种风潮最早开始于2008年，专业艺术家利用上百个吐司片塑造从总统奥巴马到X音素评委的名人肖像。

However burning bread as a form of art and illustration has existed since the late Nineties.

然而，烤吐司这种艺术及插画表现形式从90年代后期就已经出现了。

Upper crust: Spreads like Vegemite, jam, honey and even cheese are used to illustrate the more famous features of each character, tuning the burnt-out shapes into life-like toy figures

烤面包： 将烤焦而成的形状变成栩栩如生的公仔， 再用维奇酱、果酱、蜂蜜甚至是奶酪描绘出各个角色的特征。

Holy toast: Using the sandwich slices as a medium to etch cute Japanese pop-culture figures, the unknown artists share their creations on sites such as 88 Apple Cheeks, Kummy and Learn to Play Dad

Holy toast（指在吐司面包上烤出天使图案的面包片）：以三明治面包切片为媒介，刻画出可爱的日本流行文化角色，这些不知名的艺术家们，如88 Apple Cheeks、 Kummy以及Learn to Play Dad，在网上晒他们的作品。

New Zealand artist Maurice Bennett was exhibiting toast art over a decade ago, creating toast portraits by exploring his 'Flame as a paintbrush' idea.

新西兰艺术家Maurice Bennett在十多年前就展出了他探寻“画笔的火焰”这一主题时创作的烤吐司肖像作品 。

Using the sandwich slices as a medium to etch cute Japanese pop-culture figures, the unknown artists share their creations on sites such as 88 Apple Cheeks, Kummy and Learn to Play Dad.

以三明治面包切片为媒介，刻画出可爱的日本流行文化角色，这些不知名的艺术家们，如88 Apple Cheeks、 Kummy以及Learn to Play Dad，在网上晒他们的作品。

Pokemon breakfast: Pikachu is also a popular character for toast art in Japan

口袋怪物餐：皮卡丘同样是日本烤吐司艺术中的流行角色。

Edible images: Kummy has been make toast art since 2008, however the using burnt pieces of bread has been used by professional artists for over a decade

可以吃的图画：Kummy从2008年起就开始烤吐司艺术创造，然而专业艺术家早已在十多年前就利用烤面包片进行创作了。

The how-to method, which only involves aluminum foil and a loaf of bread, is easy to follow for a kitsch home-made breakfast.

至于制作方法则只需要锡箔纸和一个面包，是易于操作的庸俗艺术自制早餐。

However handfuls of Japanese food blogs now post images of toasted character bread which they call Toast Art.

不过一些日本美食博主仍在网上发布烤吐司作品并称之为艺术。

Cute enough to eat: Easy figures for DIY toast art include teddy bears, and Gromit from TV's Wallace and Gromit

就吃来说太可爱了：容易在烤吐司时DIY的角色包括泰迪熊以及《超级无敌掌门狗》中的掌门狗格罗米特。

Breakfast treats: With a great attention to detail, 88 Apple Cheeks successfully makes cute figures on bread without having to use spreads for decoration

早餐“食谱”：十分注意细节的88 Apple Cheeks 在没有使用任何涂抹酱料做装饰的情况下，成功在面包上烤出了可爱的形象。

How-to: A blog called Learn to Play Dad illustrates how to create your own toast art at home

怎么做:名为Learn to Play Dad的博主展示了如何在家创作你自己的烤吐司作品。

End result: After the aluminum foil has come off, you are left with the character's shape and are ready to decorate

成品：去掉锡箔纸后，面包上的就是形象的轮廓，等着你来装饰。

Cutting out a desired character in aluminum foil, place the shape on a piece of bread and then either place these in the oven to grill, a toaster, or use a blow torch to burn, or toast, the exposed areas.

用锡箔纸剪出你想要的形象，将它们放在面包片上，然后烘烤没有被锡箔纸遮到的部分，你可以放进烤箱或烤面包机烘烤，或者利用喷枪灼烧或烤。

Another option is using a simple Hello Kitty toaster, which has the cute cat's shape already built into it.

还有一种简单的方法就是用一个可以直接烤出Hello Kitty图案的烤面包机。