Crumbs! Is that a Banksy? Artist trades her palette for a plate to create captivating
Crumbs! Is that a Banksy? Artist trades her palette for a plate to create captivating culinary pop art
- Tisha Cherry has recreated art works by artists from Banksy to Andy Warhol, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe to Beyonce and Jay Z
A food-fanatic turned artist is gaining Instagram fame for her pop culture inspired – and edible – works of art.
Tisha Cherry, a New Jersey-born registered nurse, takes inspiration from films, music, and celebrities, and recreates iconic images using everyday food.
‘Pop culture is essentially my muse and the food on my plate is my medium,’ Ms Cherry tells Frank151.com of her unusual hobby.
Crumbs! Ms Cherry has replaced the bouquet of flowers from Banksy’s original Flower Thrower work, with a bunch of her own namesake candy fruit, crafted using only the remnants of an Oreo
From Oreo cookies and ketchup, to watermelons and Caviar, any food can make for a good art medium, according to the resourceful Ms Cherry.
‘It’s about finding the right ingredient to mimic color and the right utensil to manipulate that ingredient,’ she explains.
‘I use whatever I have in the kitchen: chopsticks, toothpicks, kitchen shears, fruit carving knife, etc. And if I make a mistake, I just eat it!’
Heart balloon: A minimalist interpretation of street artist Banksy’s simple but iconic ‘There is always hope’ graffiti work, using soy sauce and sriracha
The real deal: Two of Graffiti artist Banksy’s most iconic works were re-created by Ms Cherry, Flower Thrower (left) and There is always hope (right)
Beas-tea boys: An impressive tea-stained portrait of Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch, former frontman of iconic Hip Hop band, The Beastie Boys
Marilyn Mon-roe: Hollywood star of the Golden Era, Marilyn Monroe, is captured here using caviar, otherwise known as fish roe
Subjects: Adam ‘MC’ Yaunch from The Beastie Boys (left) was sketched out using tea stains, and Marilyn Monroe (right) was created using caviar
Ms Cherry has over 7,000 followers on Instagram, and counting. She says her hobby was born out of her enthusiastic ‘affinity’ for food, and her ‘boredom’ of the ordinary.
‘About two years ago, I first saw Bart Simpson’s silhouette in a pile of crumbled Butterfingers while prepping for brownies,’ Ms Cherry says.
‘Pop culture is essentially my muse and the food on my plate is my medium’
‘Since then, every time I look at food I’ve been looking for a resemblance of some sort.’
Amusingly, she admits she often finds herself in chow-down situations where she is struck with a good idea, but fails on some occasions to turn her food into mini masterpieces because she is ‘really hungry’, or doesn’t want to be ‘rude’ in restaurants.
I believe I can fry: Food junkie Tisha Cherry has claimed the unusual hobby of turning mealtimes into art, to create quippy snaps like this one (pictured) – an ode to R Kelly’s best known song, replacing ‘fly’ with ‘fry’
2 Pac-o: This is a portrait of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, surrounded with nibbles commonly found in tacos
The real deal: R Kelly (left) was the subject of Ms Cherry’s fry and ketchup creation, and Tupac’s portrait (right) was fashioned from taco ingredients
When faced with her future as a more varied artist, Ms Cherry appears reluctant to move away from her lunch plate, at least for the time being.
‘I find cooking and baking a form of art and very therapeutic in itself,’ she remarks.
‘I hope to develop my skills and take a more artistic approach, but for now I’m satisfied with my plate being my canvas and my chopsticks my paintbrush.’
Romance: The love between Beyonce and her Hip Hop mogul boyfriend Jay Z, immortalized (until mealtime’s over) as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
What a rice bird: This pigeon was created using caviar and rice, the former being a very expensive luxury food item, and the latter a cheap, ‘staple’ food in many parts of the world
Sandwich-worthy: The reigning king and queen of R&B, Jay Z (left) and his wife Beyonce (right), who were created by Ms Cherry out of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Tasty: The artist (pictured) enjoys a watermelon, but can’t resist first carving the iconic Rolling Stones logo into its juicy flesh
The Roots in a fruit: Questlove (pictured) is the drummer and joint front man of The Roots, currently the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Star War-termelon: Ms Cherry used this fruit to create an edible Death Star from George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise
Groovy: Ms Cherry clearly has something of a fascination with watermelons, choosing the fruit as her canvas for a number of artworks, including a portrait of Questlove (left) and the Star Wars Death Star (right)
Tricky: A soup dumpling perched atop the faint outline of rapper Snoop Dogg, rendered using only a set of masterfully applied chopsticks
Kookie: An ode to Goldie, a British electronic music star and graffiti artist, his outline expertly piped onto a Golden Oreo using its creamy filling
Gray Matter: Ms Cherry captioned this intricate creation with ‘This is your brain on eggs’, and displays just a peek of the egg’s inner yolk
Crafty: Rapper Snoop Dogg (left) was re-imagined using soy sauce and chopsticks, and Goldie’s (right) portrait found its way onto a Golden Oreo cookie
Munchies: Cheech and Chong are the Grammy Award-winning comedy duo who found fame in the 1970s and 1980s for their routines based on the hippie culture and their love for cannabis
Cartoon-tastic: This time, Ms Cherry chooses a skillet as her canvas, and fashions The Simpsons out of plantains
Chuckles: Cheech and Chong (left) were fashioned using rice, beans and salsa, and The Simpsons (right) came to life in the form of cleverly cut plantains
Meme cat: Here Ms Cherry has fashioned an impressively realistic portrait of the Internet-famous Grumpy Cat, using the delicious looking frosting from an Oreo cookie
Breaking cookies: Another Oreo-built tribute, this time to AMC’s hit TV show Breaking Bad
These guys mean business: Both Grumpy Cat (left) and Breaking Bad’s main character Walter White (right) are immortalized on Oreo cookies
Sweet: This is a re-creation – using candy – of Andy Warhol’s bright yellow banana artwork, which he created for the cover of a Velvet Underground album in 1967
Messy: This is a portrait of the American rapper French Montana – thus the French fries – who has a record label called Coke Boys, created using careful smears of Jufran Banana Sauce
Food for thought: Andy Warhol’s album cover (left) was not fashioned, as you might expect, from a banana, but from multicolored candy, while French Montana (right) is contrived from ketchup
The artist: Tisha Cherry is a registered nurse who originates from New Jersey and is gathering rapid Instagram fame for her quirky food art
A food-fanatic turned artist has been gaining Instagram fame for her pop culture inspired – and edible – works of art.
Tisha Cherry, a New Jersey-born registered nurse and self-confessed lover of ‘bad puns’, takes inspiration from films, music, and celebrities, and recreates iconic images using everyday food.
‘Pop culture is essentially my muse and the food on my plate is my medium,’ Ms Cherry tells Frank151.com of her unusual hobby.
From Oreo cookies and ketchup, to watermelon and Caviar, any food can make for a good art medium, according to the resourceful Ms Cherry.
‘It’s about finding the right ingredient to mimic color and the right utensil to manipulate that ingredient,’ she explains.
‘I use whatever I have in the kitchen: chopsticks, toothpicks, kitchen shears, fruit carving knife, etc. And if I make a mistake, I just eat it!’
Ms Cherry has over 7,000 followers on Instagram, and counting. She says her hobby was born out of her enthusiastic ‘affinity’ for food, and her ‘boredom’ of the ordinary.
‘About two years ago, I first saw Bart Simpson’s silhouette in a pile of crumbled Butterfingers while prepping for brownies,’ she says.
‘Since then, every time I look at food I’ve been looking for a resemblance of some sort.’
Ms Cherry says she also listens to a lot of music, but that essentially, puns motivate her the most. (insert examples).
Amusingly, she says that she often finds herself in chow-down situations where she is struck with a good idea, but fails on some ocasions to turn her food into masterpeices because she is ‘really hungry’, or doesn’t want to be ‘rude’ in restuarants.
When faced with her future as a more varied artist, Ms Cherry appears reluctant to move away from her lunch plate, at least for the time being.
‘I find cooking and baking a form of art and very therapeutic in itself,’ she remarks.
‘I hope to develop my skills and take a more artistic approach, but for now I’m satisfied with my plate being my canvas and my chopsticks my paintbrush.From palette to palate!
A food-fanatic turned artist has been gaining Instagram fame for her pop culture inspired – and edible – works of art.
Tisha Cherry, a New Jersey-born registered nurse and self-confessed lover of ‘bad puns’, takes inspiration from films, music, and celebrities, and recreates iconic images using everyday food.
‘Pop culture is essentially my muse and the food on my plate is my medium,’ Ms Cherry tells Frank151.com of her unusual hobby.
From Oreo cookies and ketchup, to watermelon and Caviar, any food can make for a good art medium, according to the resourceful Ms Cherry.
‘It’s about finding the right ingredient to mimic color and the right utensil to manipulate that ingredient,’ she explains.
‘I use whatever I have in the kitchen: chopsticks, toothpicks, kitchen shears, fruit carving knife, etc. And if I make a mistake, I just eat it!’
Ms Cherry has over 7,000 followers on Instagram, and counting. She says her hobby was born out of her enthusiastic ‘affinity’ for food, and her ‘boredom’ of the ordinary.
‘About two years ago, I first saw Bart Simpson’s silhouette in a pile of crumbled Butterfingers while prepping for brownies,’ she says.
‘Since then, every time I look at food I’ve been looking for a resemblance of some sort.’
Ms Cherry says she also listens to a lot of music, but that essentially, puns motivate her the most. (insert examples).
Amusingly, she says that she often finds herself in chow-down situations where she is struck with a good idea, but fails on some ocasions to turn her food into masterpeices because she is ‘really hungry’, or doesn’t want to be ‘rude’ in restuarants.
When faced with her future as a more varied artist, Ms Cherry appears reluctant to move away from her lunch plate, at least for the time being.
‘I find cooking and baking a form of art and very therapeutic in itself,’ she remarks.
‘I hope to develop my skills and take a more artistic approach, but for now I’m satisfied with my plate being my canvas and my chopsticks my paintbrush.’