Miniature Condiment Landscapes
In his Strange World series, 26-year-old artist Matthew Albanese creates incredibly detailed small-scale models of emotive landscapes made out of unusually usual everyday materials.
One day I knocked over a tub of paprika. As I was cleaning up the mess I began to daydream and found I was playing with the paprika more than cleaning it up. I thought it was a great shade of red and it reminded me of Mars. So I figured I would bring Mars to me. I went out and bought 12lb of the pungent spice and created my first landscape – ‘Paprika Mars’.
Pictured is his ‘Martian Landscape’, made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal.