fruit art

Continuing on the topic of weird and different art, this weeks focus will be on Fruit Art.

These are some of the better sculptures i found on Google Images.

It is just amazing how plain old watermelons can be made to look this good.

The craft itself must take hours of precise work.

Here is a good YouTube video for your enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqLN70hciQw&feature=related This is just one of many awesomely good videos of fruit art, so have a look for yourself.
Now, for a more practical use of fruit art: square watermelons.

For years in Japan the people had a problem: watermelons tasted good but were to large to fit in refrigerators, and rolled around in markets and shops. the people lived with it, until a bright Japanese farmer came up with the square watermelon idea.

They are grown in plastic boxes like this one:

The watermelons are placed inside when they are tiny then grow to fill out the box.

I think this is a clever useful use of fruit art and more ideas like it should be thought of!