PDF of Powerpoint Presentation

Micro to Macro

STUDIO

Ideas

  • Using old kodak kodachrome images of peoples retnas with diabetes 
  • 3D Printing with butter
  • Exploring the microscope

tests / experiments 

Butter manipulation

  

 

 

Inspiration

The tiny chef show
  • Tiktok character who creates small microscale baked treats / meals

 

my own art
  • Mini plates of food I made out of oven clay.
  • Each plate is based of my favourite food.

matryoshka dolls
  • When thinking of micro to macro I visioned these dolls I have in my bedroom.
  • Gradual transition
  • Fine detail

the microscope
  • While filming my cooking under the microscope I was extremely fascinated by how different food can look up close and how it can be changed.
  • Footage I took in my kitchen 

flour and sugar under a microscope

 

  • From here, I decided I wanted to explore ingredients from a small scale to a larger scale such as, how small ingredients, for example. a microscale sugar grain, can be transformed into a cake, which we then eat, digest and use as energy. That energy is turned into extremely microscale atoms. A deeper focus on the cycle of micro to macro through a process of interaction between food and the body (tastebuds, digestion and energy). 
  •  The scale of a crumb can be very micro and almost invisible to the eye (depending on its size). Although a crumb can be small, it can still be packed full of flavour and detail, which one may not see or realise. Yet when all those crumbs come together, they are a part of a larger baked item.

Inspiration for design

  • Heavy detail
  • Matryoshka dolls patterns
  • Marie Antoinette
  • My own designs

Process

piping tips and bench scrapers

 

 

sizing cakes and making silky smooth buttercream

crumb coat of cakes, using larger cake as reference for smaller ones

final cakes

in class presentation

Final images

 

statement 

This piece is inspired by the exploration of food under a microscope, the finer details and different ingredients such as, flour and sugar, and how incredibly detailed they are when actually seen up close. I wanted to explore this further and bring it to a larger scale, documenting it through a slow and gradual progression in size of cakes. While touching on the concept that smaller parts of a cake, for example, a crumb, can still have taste and flavor. It is also noted that at which size (or bite) do we need to be able to fully taste and recognise these flavors?

They say bigger is better, but is it the same with food? It can all come down to the small details. If you eat at a Michelin Star restaurant they don’t serve an ‘all you can eat buffet’. You’ll experience smaller servings, packed with intense flavor, and the memories of the experience. 

My other thoughts, especially with food, revolved around the saying ‘our eyes are bigger than our stomachs’. This translates to a micro/macro situation. We would always think that we would want the larger piece of cake, but do we necessarily need it? Especially when we can get the flavors from a ‘micro’ piece of cake.

My aim was to express that we can achieve flavors in a ‘micro’ sized cake. Although, our eyes may say that we need the ‘macro’ sized cake! 

Which size cake would you select?

LAB

Creating an interactive tik tok cooking video 

  • exploring our food up close aiming to touch on microplastics that are now found in the food we all eat.

 

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