Heather Rios's cakes, crafted from polymer clay and finished with intricate embroidery, mimic delectable desserts that captivate the eye. Each piece is a playful trompe l'oeil, featuring realistic frosting, vibrant decorations, and even vintage plates. Besides standalone sculptures, she enhances paintings with shallow reliefs of cake imagery, skillfully emphasizing textures and colors. Rios's artistry showcases intricate designs that might be impossible to replicate in real baking but tantalizingly offer the illusion of indulgence. Her work invites viewers to appreciate these edible masterpieces without the calories, available for purchase through her Etsy shop.
Enveloped in realistic frosting and decorated with berries, blossoms, and sprinkles, each work evokes pieces you'd be ready to dig into at a birthday or wedding.
In addition to freestanding forms, Rios embellishes small paintings with shallow reliefs of cakes on canvas, emphasizing vibrant color and the fluffy texture of the exposed interiors.
Many of Rios's cakes would be exceedingly difficult to achieve in reality, like detailed floral designs or motifs from blue-and-white porcelain.
Lucky for us, we can have our cake and keep it, too.
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