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I started collecting vintage fake fruits and veggies from estate sales and thrift stores. You know, the kind everyone else walks right past. With a bit of paint, I tried to make some of the fake produce look realistically spoiled.

Then came the fun part: arranging these into scenes inspired by classic Dutch still life paintings. After a lot of trial and error with lighting and composition, I managed to capture some images that I'm pretty excited about.

The whole process was so much fun to a history nerd, and I learned a ton about still life symbolism along the way. It's amazing what you can create with stuff most people consider junk. This is one of many personal projects on our website.

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We Transformed Dusty Vintage Fake Food Into Stunning Still Life "Paintings"

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Catharina Geerts
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Dutch masters painted a lot of those in the 1600's. They were very popular. This picture has the same vibes, it's fantastic!

Gina Mangin
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very interesting, good job with color and lighting 👌

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    Elvina van Heerden
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi, my name is Ellie and I love your work..well done :)

    MyName'sLisaMontoyaYouKiltMyPa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m amazed you found all of these items and put them to excellent use!

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    We Transformed Dusty Vintage Fake Food Into Stunning Still Life "Paintings"

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    Catharina Geerts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never saw something like that (as a classic painting I mean)

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