March 22, 2018, 06:45 PM 
Under most circumstances, it would be tenuous to link paper and food art (clay and food art might be more compatible, perhaps).
But as incongruent as it may seem, a Singaporean artist has managed to make delicious-looking dishes out of paper — and only paper.
Here's an example of paper waffles with paper strawberries and bananas, handmade by Cheryl Teo (also known as @captain.lulo on Instagram):
Amazing, and also completely insane, once you take a look how it is made:
To make the waffles, Teo first created a grid pattern with Adobe Illustrator, then traced it out on the paper she's working with.
Subsequently, she cuts the grids out with a penknife and glues the waffle wall together bit by bit.
Here's another sculpture, this time of a chilli crab:
And cake:
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Sushi:
An entire collection of seafood, including the chilli crab above:
Chocolate:
These sculptures are part of Teo's challenge to create 100 pieces of paper food, as she wants to see "how far [she] can go in manipulating paper".
She also experiments with the form of everyday objects and landscapes:
The tapes work like those of real ones:
In an interview with goodfoodtour, Teo says that each piece can take anytime from 10 days to a few days.
She also shares that it started in her university days as an art student, where she decided to use paper to create a series of shophouses for a project.
In any case, we are seriously impressed.
Top image from www.lulo.space
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