Saturday, November 10, 2012

Robyn's Museum of Natural History


This earthworm is the first of a new series: Pond Life Exhibition. 
It's made from chocolate as is the earthy bit it sits on; 9cm long.
She was part of my Experimental Food Society Spectacular entry, but this has unfortunately been cancelled. The other animals are in the making so keep an eye out over the next few weeks.

For the interested: the skeleton in the logo is that of the Attenborosaurus, a Plesiosaurus named after Sir David Attenborough.

I would like to mention that when I was a little boy David Attenborough's tv series and books were highly valued in our household. They still are ofcourse. As a token of appreciation my father sent him a letter, only to find Sir David promptly sent a postcard back to thank us. Since I'm writing it here I've clearly never forgotten. I love this man, I really do and I can't imagine my life without his tremendous influence. 
So dear Sir David Attenborough, I doubt you'll ever read this but: thank you so much!

Anatomical Venus original sculpture

Most of my chocolates are casts. Casts from moulds I make from sculptures. This allows me to make multiples rather than one-offs. Here's the 'Original Anatomical Venus'. She's just over 20cm long.