Gaia’s Ikebana – Part 2

Initially when I was researching, I thought of using desserts for my final model but changed my mind as I thought it would be interesting to use savoury food instead. I was inspired by salads as it often an appetiser/meal that most people would eat on a summer day as it is refreshing and light. I realised that a lot of these salads would pair beetroot and goat cheese together so I decided to add that into my food model.

This was the final result for my food model. I used beetroot, feta cheese and baguette for my final food model.

I used the baguette to replace the cone (D) in my model, feta cheese to replace the cylinder (SD) and the beetroot to replace the sphere (SO). I wanted to different take on the ikebana as well so I used thyme.

Unfortunately, I lost the images that I took for the documentation process hence, I’ll illustrate them out.

These are the food items I got from the supermarket.

Here is the main preparation process for my food model. I made a vinegar reduction and used that for my final plating to create movement. I shaved off the baguette into the shape of a cone and attached that to my Feta cheese, which I cut from a rectangle to the shape of a cylinder. I bought pre-cooked beetroot hence all I did was to assemble the final model.

 

 

Gaia’s Ikebana Part 1

S U M M E R   

 Model 1

  

(D) – Cylinder

(SD) –  Cone

(SO) – Sphere

  • Cone is independent
  • Sphere is dependent to cone
    • sphere is cradled between the cone and cylinder
  • Cylinder is precarious to cone

– Overall it is unfitting of a balanced composition as the cylinder is way too long and the radius of cone is far too similar to the cylinder.

– Gives a sense of uneasiness an anxiety when you look at it.


Model 2

(D) – Cone

(SD) – Cylinder

(SO) – Sphere

  • Cone is dependent on Sphere
  • Sphere is dependent on Cylinder
    • sphere is wedged into cylinder
  • Cylinder is independent

– Overall, model is pretty well balanced. Does not look wonky but need to either increase the size of (SD) or reduce size of (SO) as they are competing.