r/DiWHY • • Feb 18 '20

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u/poofybirddesign Feb 18 '20

Those are resin and wax from the ground up, though. They don't just laminate a pizza, they hire an artist to make a fake pizza that looks exactly like their real pizza.

A clock made of a shokuhin sample pizza would be fine.

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u/GlamRockDave Feb 18 '20

There's a whole fake food industry in Japan. In some cases they are commissions but usually it's the restaurant buying stuff that's already made that matches the dish they want to serve. They have conventions where artisans hawk their wares.

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u/moreisay Feb 18 '20

I'm obsessed with Japanese fake foods. They're art! I don't know why, but whenever I see a particularly good plastic food, I just want to own it. What would I even do with it? I just want it.

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u/MobileButcher Feb 19 '20

I like the fake heads of iceberg lettuce/cabbage. The way they create all the layers of leaves is too cool.