Keisuke Yamada is a self-taught Japanese artist who takes plain bananas and turns them into edible masterpieces. Using only a spoon and toothpicks the talented food artist works against the clock, trying to finish his pieces before the fruit begins to oxidize.

Sculpting bananas is not easy. The fragile texture of the fruit and the fact that you can’t add more material to cover up a mistake like you would with clay makes it a very difficult material to work with. And that’s exactly what makes 26-year-old Keisuke Yamada’s art so special.

It all began little over two ears ago when he peeled a banana and thought it would be interesting to carve something into it. His first creation was a simple smiling face, but he received such a positive reaction from art fans that he felt inspired to pursue the idea further.

Using only a spoon to prime the banana by smoothing its surface and toothpicks for carving its flesh, Keisuke created an entire series of banana sculptures that won him international acclaim after the photos he uploaded to Japanese art site, Pixiv, went viral.

In his interviews with some of the largest sites in the world, Yamada revealed he works as an electrician by day, and becomes an expert banana carver during the night.

He described the artistic process as a race against time, trying to finish his creations in less than 30 minutes after the peeled banana has been exposed to air. Taking too long causes the fruit to turn brown ruining the whole piece. Once he’s finished, he quickly takes a photo after which he eats the banana.

http://www.odditycentral.com/art/japanese-artist-uses-toothpicks-and-a-spoon-to-create-amazing-banana-sculptures.html

Great effort but painstaking i must add because of the soft texture of ripe banana.

Simply artistic!

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Bobbystanley: MtcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... soryy ASUU will soon resume.

All i want is for ASUU to call off dis strike,if dey dont,i will keep on spitting on their HEADS


*COUGHS out YELLOW MUCOR & spits it on both ASUU & FG head*

pictures

wia d pix at?

good talent,only if he culd graduate frm banana to something durable,that way he wont have to eat it up.

were are d endtime guys when u need them.

Where the pix nah

Now that is what i call creativity

When you put too many pictures in one post, the result is not picture

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Aphrygian: were are d endtime guys when u need them.

Bobbystanley: MtcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

i fit join u?

See pesin name sef, keisuke..sounds like d name the naruto freaks in my school always mention

This one looks like yuzedo's joystick

Masterpiece of its highest order, I hail u wela boss.
U wen dey para, beta go learn how to do SHOE MAKER or BATTERY CHARGER cus dis ASUU strike na heavy gbege

Interesting.
But why just one picture pls?

Woow finally made it to FP...gotta throw a party u are all invited...lol

Aphrygian: were are d endtime guys when u need them.

Dude na end time tinz

legendsilver: Masterpiece of its highest order, I hail u wela boss.
U wen dey para, beta go learn how to do SHOE MAKER or BATTERY CHARGER cus dis ASUU strike na heavy gbege

From the above, we now know who should learn shoe making

It looks nice

Art or no art...all Na for chop jaree

****sipping my alomo***

This is talent.

Pretty awesome

Awesome stuff,now d price of banana wl skyrocket!!

inovation

Enf time tinz

See what a Nigerian girl used her brain to sculpt ..

SMH