You’re on candied camera! Amazing portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Mona Lisa made out of GUMMY BEARS
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 25, 2012 22:53
Through the ages, artists have created pictures in many different ways – but Johannes Cordes has had sweet success with a very unusual technique.
He uses gummy bears as an art medium.
From portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Mona Lisa to JFK, the 57-year-old from Meppen, Germany, uses thousands of the gelatinous treats to make his colourful masterpieces.
Each portrait takes from 100 to 240 hours to complete.
He’s used millions of gummy bears so far in his work and gets through around three tons of them a year.
That equates to 200 bags a week, according to website Oddity Central.
His version of Warhol’s Monroe required 3,200 bears alone.
The idea for his confectionery creations came about quite by accident.
Several years ago, a friend commissioned him to do a painting at the artist’s studio in Nuremburg but the picture frame turned out to be too big for the artwork.
Mr Cordes had a eureka moment when he noticed an open bag of gummy bags next to the frame and decided to fill it with them instead.
He put the finished piece in the window display of his workshop as a joke but word soon spread and his unusual art form was born.
His big breakthrough came when he was asked to co-exhibit at a 100 Years Of Dali exhibition in 2004.
Solo shows soon followed and eventually caught the attention of confectionery giant Haribo, which itself originated in Bonn in the 1920s.
For Mr Cordes, life really is sweet.
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