For the past week and or so, I’ve been sculpting miniature foods for a custom order consisting of a tiny menu of American summer foods and another menu of Italian warm weather eats. Today, I want to give you a tour of both, so make sure you’ve had something to eat before you scroll any further…

Starting with the American menu, we have a bowl of potato salad; a tray with burgers, hot dogs, corn dogs, and relish; corn on the cob with pats of butter (so many individually sculpted kernels!) ; a sloppy joe with fries; a layered ice cream cake; grilled steak; and a cherry pie. Hungry yet?

From the Italian menu, we have anguria, prosciutto e melone, pomodori e riso, zucche ripiene, bresaola, supplì, brodetto, and insalata di riso. I’ve included a few in-progress pictures of some of the dishes below.

In the following photo, the prosciutto e melone is on the right, the insalata di riso is in the bottom center, and the zucche ripiene are the little log-shaped pieces on the left. You can make out part of the brodetto in the upper center.

Here are in-progress pics of the insalata di riso in the previous photo.

And a view of the melon before I sliced it into thinner pieces:

The pomodori e riso was made with individually sculpted grains of rice, just like the insalata di riso shown in previous photos.

The bresaola is made from tiny pieces of clay pressed so thinly they were on the verge of tearing.

The supplì required more rice sculpting, and the anguria combined solid and liquid clays to mimic balls of fresh watermelon floating in its own juice.

Last but not least, the brodetto is shown here before it was baked and after, when the translucency of the liquid clay is much more apparent.

If you’d like to custom order some of your favorite foods, just email me to get started. I’d love to work with you!