You have until tomorrow to take part in the Rijksstudio Award, the exciting design competition inviting people to creating something unique moving from the rich archives of the Rijksmuseum. There are all sorts of materials in the archive, so inspirations are practically endless.
I have a soft spot for jewels, so my submission consists in a collection, entitled "Eat Your Art Out", of edible pendants featuring details of kimonos from the Rijksmuseum archive - Kimono for an unmarried Woman, Girl's kimono with camellias and a third kimono again for an unmarried woman.
The images are printed with edible ink on gluten free wafers. The pendants are inspired by the Holy Communion, and they symbolise a way to enter into a special communion with art.
Creation gives us purpose and meaning and art has a nourishing value: with its beauty it can give us hope, it can inspire and heal us.
The pendants also address the sustainability issue: if you are tired of wearing them, you can eat the pendants and keep the special window lockets preserving them for other purposes.
The pendants could be sold in packets that could include a series of pendants organised according to a theme or a variety of pendants (imagine a collection based on patterns, another on floral motifs or maybe featuring details of paintings and so on...).
Last but not least, if you don't like jewels, you can use the wafers to decorate a cake, a cupcake or a macaroon. Let art nourish you - Eat Your Art Out!
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