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Laser-Etched Meat

By Alex in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks, Pictures on Feb 5, 2008 at 7:43 pm



Photo: mleak [Flickr]


Photo: mleak [Flickr]

Carnegie Mellon University art student and Flickr user mleak is working on a project called From Whence It Came which involves etching processed lunch meat with a laser cutter:

These are my testers for a project I’m working on using processed lunch meats etched with a laser cutter. Ultimately, I would like to show the entire process from animal to ambiguous pink slice of meat over the course of a package of lunch meat, beginning here with bologna. This neat packaged disc of food has always seemed so far removed from its source.

Link [Flickr] – via Make, thanks Adam Fuhrer!

Oh, and that’s not all: in her Atkins Nightmare project, mleak set out to create an all-carb sandwich complete with laser-etched fixings!


Photo: mleak [Flickr]


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  1. Carl Huber
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    That could be interesting if you did a bunch of slices of bologna etched with cross sections of pig (is bologna made from pig?) and then displayed it like that famous art piece (was that Damien Hirst or someone else?)

    Interesting statement...etc...

  2. Adam Fuhrer
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    I wonder if it tastes any different?!

  3. MrPumpernickel
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    There's great potential in the body mod field as well, custom design scarification without the need for either branding or cutting into the skin. The trick of course is to find the right setting for optimal scarring.

    I saw a guy who tried it on his nail which was pretty interesting too.

  4. marieissah
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    hahaha :) ) very funny!

    Atleast you won't be confused.

  5. su.wei
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    this brings a whole new meaning to playing with your food...

  6. ariosto
    Feb 6th, 2008 at 5:37 am

    che schifo!
    funny but disgusting!!
    Bologna!!! tze!
    you don't know what is bologna!
    http://www.mortadellabologna.com
    I hope someone translate it for you.

    M

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