above: Kim Kardashian made of Red Vines & Black Licorice twists
Los Angeles born, and now San Francisco-based, mosaic artist Jason Mecier creates portraits of famous personalities with assemblages crafted of candy, food, yarn, dried beans and just plain junk.
In his licorice mosaics, He artfully twists red and black licorice to create uncanny likenesses of some of today's most popular entertainers and images from popular culture.
above: detail of Kim Kardashian made of Red Vines and Black Licorice
In his "junk" portraits, the objects he uses to craft the images include things relevant to the celebrity or personality of his subject, such as the Campbell's soup cans and banana used to compose a portrait of artist Andy Warhol:
Red vines and black licorice:
Mo' Nique:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter:
Elizabeth Berkely in Showgirls:
Taylor Lautner:
Robert Englund as Freddy Kruger from Nightmare on Elm Street:
Other Candy
Taylor Swift made with Good n' Plenty Candies:
Pam Anderson made of various hard candy and candy bars:
details:
Christina Aguilera made of candy:
The Olsen Twins made of candy:
The Spice Girls made of candy:
Some of his impressive "junk" portraits.
Mary Louise Parker (star of HBO's Weeds):
Conan O'Brien:
Tina Fey:
Chelsea Handler:
Donald Trump and detail:
Frida Kahlo and detail:
Singer Pink:
Kathy Najimy:
RuPaul:
President Obama:
And, not on his site, is his portrait of Snoop Dogg made entirely of, you guessed it... weed:
To see more, visit Jason's website.