International Edible Book Festival


I was so thrilled to hear from artist Béatrice Coron about her wonderful edible book Hard Boiled Thriller: Tales of a Tough Cookie and a Smart Cookie, which she created for The International Edible Book Festival. Béatrice and Judith A. Hoffberg created the festival in 1999 and each and every year, on April 1st, people around the world show-off their own versions of edible books. Anyone can participate and the guidelines for what constitutes a book are very flexible. Click here for more info on the festival and here for more of Beatrice's edible books. Thanks, Béatrice!


Working in the cutout method, Béatrice Coron creates glorious images that have appeared on books covers, in subway stations, and on street corners, as well as having been included in the museum collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty, and the Bibliotheque Nationale of France. It really is amazing work. You can find other, nonedible examples of Béatrice's amazing art by visiting her Web site. You can also find some examples after the jump.

Respect

Here is a collection of stuff by artists who I admire.
This is folded fabric by Haruka. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find her website but when we were doing our art foundation she always did the craziest, most beautiful technically difficult things with, well, just about anything. Sometimes she would make little hanging bubbles out of wool and sometimes she would knit hats from her own hair extensions. Really. I think now she is studying shoe making at LCF. She also made incredible toys. A real star in the making.
Haruki Murakami is my favourite artist. Here he is dressed as a flower bomb dancing with Kirstin Dunst.

C boy is a creation by Eiko. I found her blog on www.colette.fr/a/6/blogs and although she doesn't update all to often, the waits are well worth it. C is a bald child who is very bitter that his wife left him for a woman with long blonde hair.

This is another Haruka masterpiece.
Finally, Lou Romano. A bit of a hero of mine. He is one of the most important people at PIXAR and does all the concept sketches for Up, The Incredibles etc. As well as doing voiceovers, he also has a lot of his own projects. He uses guache and has a distinct 50s kinda style. It also bares mentioning that he invented the Power Puff Girls. Wow.



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