Gorgeous Designs Elaborately Carved Into Fruits, Vegetables and Soaps

Daniele Barresi is an award-winning Italian carving artist and teacher working and living in Australia, who masterfully cuts gorgeously elaborate designs into unsuspecting fruits, vegetables and soaps. Included amongst this produce is a beautiful avocado cameo, a floral display inside a stalk of broccoli, a rose into a garlic clove, the start of a design inside a melon and a little bird made out of turquoise soap.

My name is Daniele Barresi, I am 26 and I am from Bagnara Calabra (RC), Italy. I started carving at the age of 7 and I describe this period like the best in my life. …When I touch my knife, my mind gives up to the heart and it transmits directly, to the hands, giving different forms to the decorations. It’s like magic.

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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