I think Margaret Dorfman may just be my new favorite foodie-friendly artist. She makes beautiful jewelry and decorative bowls out of fruits and vegetables.
You heard me right: fruits and vegetables.
These are the prettiest—and most creative—pieces of functional art I’ve seen in a while.
Dorfman slices her produce paper thin, cures it into parchment, then molds it into the gorgeous, luminous bowls you see below. The whole process takes ten days and doesn’t involve any chemicals. A clear coating helps keep the colors vivid.
If you ask me, stained glass couldn’t be more striking.
VivaTerra, an online shop with a lot of great and stylish eco-friendly goods, sells Dorfman’s work. Order a Veggie Parchment Bowl for $42. Choose from Papaya/Beet or Zucchini. Bowls measure 7.5″ x 4.5″.
With winter coming, VivaTerra has the summer fruit bowls on sale for $29.
There’s also the Star Fruit and Daikon Veggie bowl, for $42.
If you’d rather wear your veggies, Uncommon Goods sells Dorfman’s thick Fruit and Vegetable Parchment Cuff Bracelets�in Beet, Starfruit or Zucchini�for $38.
For these bold pieces, the fruit or veggie parchment is fused to a delicate copper band.
For more of Dorfman’s work, check out her section of the Lois Lambert Gallery of Functional Art.
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Copyright 2008 The Hungry Mouse�/Jessica B. Konopa. All rights reserved.
Wow. Those are amazing! It blows my mind that she could even figure out how to make that work! I really really want one. Now I’m off to figure out how to make my husband buy me one for Christmas.
These are gorgeous. I think they would make great, unique Christmas presents.
Wow those are amazing, hard to believe they are made from fruits and vegetables.
fantastic.very creative.
Absolutely beautiful.
These are truly stunning! I see some Christmas Gifts on the horizon!!
wow, amazing – I have never seen anything like it!
WOW those are just amazing, I’ve never seen anything like that before. I can’t imagine the labor involved in those!
Those are really neat! I want one! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh, I love it! I’m looking at the first pic and having a hard time deciding which one I like best. The blue one in the middle is beautiful. Thanks for sharing Jessie!
These are simply amazing!
Thanks, guy! Yeah, I was totally hypnotized when I saw them online. She’s so talented!
+Jessie
Those are absolutely stunning…I have to have some (or attempt to make some
Those are gorgeous! I wonder how difficult they are to make…
These are absolutely gorgeous!
Whoa – how cool!!!
Wow, those are really beautiful.
I don’t know how I missed this post. Those are gorgeous!
They are beautiful…I have purchased some, but am now more interested in the process… I would like to try to make one myself. I know it says cured (how), pressed and dried, aged…I wonder how to form it into a bowl? Any ideas, anyone?
Wow. Those are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing!
Are these sold anyplace in the Bay Area – I live on the peninsula south of San Francisco.