THANK YOU!

My last piece for my "31 Days of Creativity with Food" project!!! Thank you everyone from all over the world who have liked, shared, commented and followed my work... I feel so blessed! 

I started this project to push myself to be creative by working within the confines of a plate with just food bcos my artworks were getting too big n too complicated. This was supposed to be something fun and non-serious, and I had to force myself to do something each day even if my ideas tank was empty(happened a lot)! I hope this inspires u to see fun and joy in even ordinary things u come across. I will continue doing these food art projects but not on a daily basis...n i'll def continue doing 15 or 30 day art challenges with other materials. Stay tuned!! x 

Tropical fruit pufferfish!

Day 30: Tropical fruit pufferfish! This piece is made of 4 different fruits from Southeast Asia! Can you name them?

Answers:
_Body: Durian - known as the “king of fruits”, it is strong smelling, has a spikey husk and creamy flesh. They say u either love or hate it. I love it!
_eye: longan, similar to lychees
_tail/fin: chiku, a super sweet fruit, texture like a well-ripened pear
_water: pomelo, looks like a giant grapefruit the size of a soccer ball!

(for more, follow @redhongyi on instagram or check out #creativemarch to see what my followers have done!)

Goldfish in my consommé

Day 29: Goldfish in my consommé!

A new way to serve appetiser (move over molecular gastronomy!) —goldfish made of pickled ginger (or substitute with raw salmon), eyeballs of century eggs (google if you haven’t heard of them…they’re Chinese black eggs!), grass made of dill and jelly made of chicken consomme and gelatine.

Food Art Updates

 Day 18: cucumber landscape. Made from one single cucumber

Day 19: Owl-nion! Haha. Made of onions and mint leaves. My eyes were teary as I was making this piece though!

 Day 20: Tiny tutus. Something simple for all the ballerinas out there... Tried something different by playing with the shadows of the plate to create a spotlight effect for the ballerinas. Made of chocolate syrup and coloured chocolate shavings. 

Day 21: "You're my butter half". Specially dedicated to my friends TY+VQ, AL+CH and JY+SY who will be getting married this year. Made of Bovril and butter and chilli...just to spice things up a bit. ;)

 Day 22: Carnivore vs herbivore. Made of beef, spinach, and parsley. A new way to serve carpaccio...add olive oil, shaved cheese, salt, pepper n lemon n u're done! 

Day 23: An eggplant circus...and a nervous-looking elephant !I've made a video showing how I did this piece; check it out at http://youtu.be/zepKgzYh6AA

Day 24: Louis Vuitton monogram mushrooms! 

Day 25: Field of tulips...specially dedicated to my Dutch friends (let me know if u're one!)! Tulips are made of chilli padi, or baby chillis. 3 years ago I spent one semester studying in Delft, the Netherlands and tulips were in full bloom in April. Imagine strips of vibrant colours spread across large fields. That's still one of the most beautiful things I've seen in my life. I miss u, ur canals, stroopwafels, herrings and friendly people, Hollanda! :'(

Day 26: The Malaysian parliament has been dissolved! Malaysia, let's make wise choices for the upcoming 13th general election! I'll be traveling to the States but will def be coming back to vote! Made of Tang orange powder dissolved in water. Pools of water makes out a faint YELLOW map of Malaysia. Let's pray for a BERSIH/clean election this time!

 Day 27: Kuala Lumpur skyline in my nasi lemak! This piece is especially for Malaysians living abroad who are missing home! Let's go back to vote! Do u know that Airasia is offering cheap flights for ppl who want to go back to vote? http://www.airasia.com/my/en/fly-home-to-vote.page #jombalikundi

Day 28: Red cabbage Marchesa Salad! Made of red cabbage, mayonnaise, basil seeds and silver dragees...

I've got 3 more posts to go!! :)

Esquire April Issues

Singer-songwriter Yuna made of thousands of musical notes

Olympian Lee Chong Wei's portrait made of 110 shuttlecocks. Each shuttlecock has 16 feathers...so this piece was made up of about 1800 feathers!

Tan Sri Francis Yeoh made of coffee cup stains - one of my favourite painting methods! He did tell me that he likes coffee when I met him at the Esquire event... :)

So happy to see my artworks on Esquire Malaysia's April issues! Collect all three - they're in book stores now!