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。
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