The ongoing COVID-19 lockdown has drastically changed our daily routines. While most people find it hard to cope with self-isolation, one artist decided to use this extra time to spend her mornings creatively. Japanese artist Manami Sasaki, also known as sasamana1204 to her 11.9k Instagram followers, creates art on slices of toast while working from home during the lockdown.
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#1 Sakura
Ingredients: sliced bread, blueberry jam, chocolate.
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#2 Hanafuda
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, whitebait, blue seaweed, grilled seaweed, pollock roe, cherry tomato.
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For Manami Sasaki, the making of toast is the time to slow down and be creative in the midst of these chaotic times. Every morning, she sits down and uses bread as her canvas to create quite unusual but incredible food art. Her “Stay Home” series, which she started during the quarantine period, features different themes, varying from famous artworks such as Ikko Tanaka’s “The 200th Anniversary Of Sharaku” to zen Japanese rock gardens.
#3 Dick Bruna “Miffy”
Ingredients: sliced bread, tarako mayo, sour cream, seaweed, cheddar cheese.
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#4 Moon
Ingredients: sliced bread, squid.
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The artist takes inspiration from Japanese traditions so it’s natural that some of the artworks show traditional Japanese rock gardens, anime characters, Japanese paintings, and even Japanese dances. For her creations, she uses a variety of ingredients that mostly can be found in any Japanese kitchen—seaweed, tomatoes, sour cream, nuts, and fish. Well, except only the edible gold leaf.
#5 Sei Shōnagon
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, dried bonito flakes, squid, sprinkle with salmon, cheese, purple cabbage, shrimp, whitebait, and blue seaweed.
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#6 Nihon Buyō
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, seaweed, tomato, basil, paprika, purple cabbage, ketchup.
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“No one, in particular, referred to the toast art. I was put on telecommuting because of Corona. I started doing toast art to get up early in the morning instead of slacking off. It’s a delicious breakfast. I create toast art on my favorite themes,” the artist told Bored Panda about how her idea was born.
#7 Gegege No Kitarō
Ingredients: sliced bread, margarine, grilled seaweed.
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#8 Japanese Rock Garden
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, nuts, matcha.
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When Sasaki is not making her incredible toast art, she creates amazing watercolor illustrations, which you can find on the artist’s website and her Instagram. It seems like her creativity has no boundaries! Who knows what she’ll prepare for us in the future?
#9 Jasmine
Ingredients: sliced bread, tomato sauce, margarine, mint, mustard.
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#10 Kintsugi
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, edible gold leaf, ketchup.
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#11 Paul Rand “The Art Directors Club Poster”
Ingredients: sliced bread, seaweed, petit tomatoes, cheese, basil, purple cabbage, rice, sour cream.
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#12 Franco Grignani “Today’s Italian Publicity And Graphic Design”
Ingredients: sliced bread, sour cream, black pepper, ketchup.
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#13 Ikko Tanaka “The 200th Anniversary Of Sharaku”
Ingredients: sliced bread, cinnamon, margarine, sour cream, chocolate, kiwi, cherries, blueberry jam.
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#14 Paul Rand “Eye Bee M”
Ingredients: sliced bread, paprika, macadamia nuts, grilled seaweed, sausage, cheese, watercress, purple cabbage, and rice.
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#15 Pantone
Ingredients: sliced bread, avocado dip, sour cream, grilled seaweed.
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#16 Bruno Munari “Tutto Quadro”
Ingredients: sliced bread, cherry tomato, basil, seaweed, sour cream.
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Source: boredpanda.com