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Statue of Liberty Gone Wild

The Statue of Liberty was given to the American people from the country of France in the late 1800s. The statue is a symbol of hope and freedom, and has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world.

 A Humorous Liberation
The real Statue of Liberty wears a solemn expression and is surrounded by several symbols of serious intent such as a tablet of the law, a flaming torch and a broken chain. Photoshop artists have taken this serious lady and transformed her into a funny parody of her former self.

Above: Using image manipulation, a Photoshop artist has given the Statue of Liberty a smoke break. [source]

Above: The mother of liberty. In this Photoshop spoof, the artist has replaced the tablet of the law with a baby. [source]

Above: A sexy Statue of Liberty sheds her robes and poses. It's possible that the artwork is a comment on how much freedom American women have with regards to revealing their bodies. [source]

Above: The Statue of Liberty discovers the freedom of dancing. It is said that break dancing was created by American slaves. [source]

Above: The ballerina of liberty, courtesy of a Photoshop artist. [source]

Above: Rock on, Liberty [source]


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Patriotic New York Tattoos

Patriotic New Yorkers show allegiance to their city, their sports teams, their landmarks and historic events by inking images of these into their skin.

I ♥ NY

The “I love New York” logo was created in the 1970s by Milton Glaser to promote tourism in New York City. The emblem has found its way onto t-shirts, hats, hoodies, stickers and even into tattoo designs. The “I heart New York” tattoo below is a design based on Milton Glaser’s logo.



New York Yankees and Brooklyn Mets

Many New Yorkers are avid baseball fans. There is a huge amount of competition between New York Yankees fans and Brooklyn Mets fans. Some of these fans have decided to show their support for their teams by having their team logos tattooed onto their skin. 




September 11 Tattoos

On September 11, 2001, New York City was the victim of a terrorist attack. Two planes were flown into the famous Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, killing thousands of people. This event shocked America and the world. Nine Eleven has been remembered in many ways, with memorial services to commemorate those who died, artworks, books and documentaries. There are a number of people who have chosen to have tattoo designs so that they will never forget the attack. Most of these designs incorporate the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, to memorialize the destruction of these buildings in the aftermath of the attack. The New York skyline transformed when these buildings fell, changing the lives of New Yorkers.

Many of these 9/11 tattoos are worn by family members of those who passed away on September Eleventh, to commemorate their loved ones.




Statue of Liberty Tattoos

The Statue of Liberty, finished in 1886, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The sculpture is of Libertas, the Roman Goddess of Freedom. She holds a flaming torch and a book of law, and at her feet are broken chains. The Statue of Liberty is the most famous New York landmark, and is a symbol of the American dream. The statue was a gift from France to America, to unite the French and American citizens. The Statue of Liberty tattoos shown below use the statue as a symbol of freedom and independence.




Empire State Building Tattoos

The Empire State Building is another famous New York landmark, named after New York’s nickname, The Empire State. Between 1931 and 1972, the Empire State Building was the world’s tallest building. It became New York’s second tallest building when the North Tower of The World Trade Center was completed in 1972. Following the bombing of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became New York’s tallest building. With it’s recognizable architecture, it’s no wonder that many people have chosen to create Empire State Building tattoo designs.





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Edible Superheroes Hit the Runways in Chocolate Fashions

Fashion designers and confectioners have joined forces to create a fashion show of edible clothing, with designs based on famous and popular superhero characters.

The 11th Annual Chocolate Show in New York, USA, offered a unique combination of food, fashion and superheroes. Models strutted down the runway wearing edible chocolate clothing styled to look like popular movie characters, comic book heroes and mythological creatures.


Chocolate melts when it comes into contact with the warmth of the human body, so these trendy food fashions didn’t last long as models left a wake of dripping chocolate and melting confectionery items. Some of the sturdier materials used to compliment the chocolate clothing was sugar pastry and conventional materials and fabrics.

David Barton of David Barton Gyms was styled to be a “gym hero”, complete with chocolate barbells and chocolate championship belt. When Barton’s chocolate body paint started to melt, a female audience member became so excited that she rushed on stage to lick the chocolate from his muscular body.


A chocolate Lara Croft-style costume made a deliciously brief appearance. Almost the entire outfit is made from edible chocolate.

Above: A Lara Croft outfit made from chocolate

Popular TV series character, Xena, also showed up. Slabs of carefully crafted chocolate were made to form a representation of Xena’s paneled leather skirt. Gold confectioner’s paint was used to create a convincing chocolate replica of Xena’s body armor and crown.

Above: Xena's outfit is made of chocolate that has been painted and molded to look like metal or leather.

“Sedusa” a character based on the mythological character Medusa, also boasted a generous application of gold confectioners paint. For the show, designers had to create outfits that were more than 40% edible chocolate. Sedusa’s head piece with it’s writhing snakes, as well as her clothing and jewelry, are all chocolate.

Above: "Sedusa", based on the Greek mythological character Medusa


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The Cheesiest Thing You'll See Today

Artists and sculptors have found a new use for cheese – cheese sculpting. Cheese is an easy material to sculpt in, as it is firm and holds its shape well. 

The art of cheese sculpting is commonly used as a promotional display, for events, sports teams and famous landmarks. Cheez-it, an American brand of crackers, is one company that has produced a number of cheese carving displays to promote their products. The Cheez-it carvings mostly represent famous landmarks, US presidents and other scenes and characters from American history.

The Cheez-It cracker brand carved this orange cheese sculpture of the four American presidents as they are in the giant Mount Rushmore sculpture. They've included a baked crispy cheese cracker in the shape of the American flag to add to the patriotic nature of this promotional art. [source]
This life-sized cheese carving of former US president Abraham Lincoln was sculpted out of three huge blocks of cheese. Cheddar cheese is the cheeese of choice for carving because it if firm and can hold its shape well. [source]

The video above shows another of Cheez-It's promotional cheese-carved art works; a replica of John Trumbull's iconic painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, created from a one-ton block of cheese. [youtube]

Cheese can become edible art

To prevent the dairy-based carving from drying out, cheese carvers spray cooking oil on the finished artwork to preserve the cheese. Using cooking oil has the added benefit of giving the sculpture a glossy shine. By using pasteurized cheese, sculptors can be assured that their artworks won’t melt. However, cheese sculptures need to be kept fairly cool, because if they’re left for too long in the blazing hot sun, they will eventually begin to fall apart.
This skillful cheese carving boasts an acoustic guitar sitting among the petals of a delicate cheese flower. The cheese artist had to scoop out the cheese between the flower petals to create the finished art work. The shine is from a glaze of cooking oil. [source]
In England, one block of cheese became a tasty nativity scene for Christmas, depicting the birth of Jesus in edible art. The artist has added lights into the cheesy scene, a daring move considering the heat of the lights will soften and eventually crumble the cheese. [source]
This beautiful bird carving of a pelican perched on a pole is made entirely from tasty cheese. This cheese sculpture was made for a wine company's promotional display. Such promotions are a common use of food art, and it is where many food artists make their living. [source]

Food art that smells and sells

The color and texture of cheese sculptures, along with the tantalizingly cheesy smell, make cheese art pieces a popular attraction when displayed in a store front or on a buffet table. The size of cheese sculptures are limited only by the size of the blocks of cheese that are available. Even so, some cheese sculptures stand in excess of 10ft, an impressive height for a food carving.

In this cheese sculpture, 3D animation legend Shrek holds New York state close to his heart. You can tell from how the sculptor is holding it that this piece of food art is very heavy. [source]
Winnie the Pooh holds a piece of cheese instead of a honey pot in this cute and delicious cheese carving. Both Winnie the Pooh and the Shrek carving about were created by Sarah Kaufman to promote New York cheeses. [source]
In another cheese sculpture by Sarah Kaufman, Santa Claus wishes cheese festival goers a merry Christmas. [source]

Cheese as a claymation clay

Edible cheese sculptures can be a unique gift, or they can be used as a promotional item. They can also have personalized messages carved into the sculpture as a center piece for a celebratory dinner such as on Christmas or a birthday. Because the sculpture is edible, the cheese can be cut up and served with crackers, dips and preserves, but who knows if anyone ever ate one of the dozens of cheese sculptures of Wallace that were made while creating this stop motion animation:


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