Offbeat Weekend Fun with Literal Eye Candy
November 17, 2007 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Home & Living
So, you’ve got your offbeat dream home… Now, what to do about filling your abode with offbeat art. You could go with plain old offbeat art pieces — there’s plenty around. Or you could go extreme and invest in some real eye candy.
Nathan Sawaya is a Lego brick master. However, once in a while he gets tired of his chosen medium and breaks out with some fly Necco art like this amazing Necco heart. He didn’t even miss the tiny veins!
Sawaya also creates fruity Star Bursts.
Don’t forget art for the floor — this rug by artist Ya Ya Chou is a pretty good bet for impressing your offbeat friends. (7″X32″X30″, gummi bears)
And what about lighting? Try Ya Ya Chou’s gummy bear chandelier on for size…
Lastly, for those who like their eye candy with a little more pop and a lot less sticky take a look at Leanne Wildermuth’s snack worthy paintings from her Eye Ate It Series.
I’m not actually a fan of Neccos, fruit candies, and mint; in fact, I much prefer it as art like the above pieces. I’m mainly a chocolate girl. People just don’t make as much chocolate art for the home. I’m betting it has something to do with the melting on your floor issue.
Hope everyone is having an offbeat and sweet weekend. (Maybe with some bad puns thrown in).
I look at this stuff and I wish I’d thought of it!
Solo mama ~ That would be one good way to impress the KOE. My six year old mostly ignores my work but he loves this blog and I have a feeling it’s because I find stuff like this. Just wait, we’ll be building a darn gummy bear bookcase next week or something.
Thanks for stopping by.
I would end up eating the gummi bear rug then blaming it on the cat when my four-year-old came downstairs and wondered where it had gone.
(FYI – I haven’t eaten any chocolate in almost 12 years – gave it up because I liked it too much – but gummies are my weakness. In fact, I have to work tonight… better grab the candy!)
Ha ha. About the rug. Shocked face about the chocolate. 12 years! 12. You are some sort of mastermind to like it yet avoid it. Holy. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I really like the gummy lighting. It’s so pretty for candy.
I wonder if I could make some kind of a gummy Christmas tree “sculpture” using a needle and thread (rather than glue, which wouldn’t be edible even though Elmer’s does say it’s “non-toxic”)? I think that would be fun. If I do it, I’ll send you a pic.
Angelique, if you want an edible display, I’d go to the craft store and get one of the paper machier forms they have, in a cone shape. You could probably form a cone from cardboard, too, if you’d rather. Cover the cone with white icing, and stick the gummies into it. There you go — a gummy christmas tree!