Today's cupcake is a tribute to crop art. Yes, the fine art of using seeds, beans and grains to express yourself. My cupcake below is decorated with nonpareils, sugar pearls, and candy-coated sunflower seeds. Yes, I'm pretty sure sprinkles don't count as seeds, technically, but have you ever planted and watered one to see if a cupcake bush will grow? I haven't tried it so who can say with 100% certainty?
One my favorites in the crop art display at the fair is the Bad Seed. Below is from last year.....
And below is a pic of this year's piece! Cool, right?
Below is a smattering of my personal favorites from this year's competition.
Below is another, less sucessful, crop art cupcake. I think crop artists must have a boatload of patience - and lots of tweezers! Perhaps a magnifying lens, too.
These last two are very representative of the political tradition in crop art. THere are two amendments on the ballot in November - one limiting marriage and one limiting voting rights. This isn't a political type blog, so I'll just say both pieces are creative and clever in delivering their message.
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