Persimmon Rose Garnish - Fruit Carving Art

Persimmon is "food of gods", has come from Orientral world. Persimmon is Japan's national fruit and that's where it originated. Persimmons are red-brown or orange fruits that grow on trees like plums and look like tomato. 

 

This is what you learn about persimon from the net sources. 

What I learned about this fruit is that it is a good material for carving beautiful flowers! The persimmon rose garnishes could be amazing addition to a fruit dislay. They are bright, absolutely edible and delicious. If you are a fruit carving artist do not ignor this fruit. 

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Carved Melon Flowers

I got a call from a client who asked me for a secial fruit dislay for his wife's birthday. He said that he liked my watermelons with floral patterns, and wanted to have it decorated with carved apples and flowers made from fruits, as the dislay was supposed to be instead of real flower bouquet.

I started to figure out what I can suggest to my client from the season fruits and got an idea to carve big white flowers out of melons. 

I used a melon baller to remove the melon seed and a thai knife to carve the flower petals. 

The carving technique is the same as for carving a flower from a vegetable starting from the skin toward center.

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Watermelon Basket - Part 1

 I carved these watermelons for a food presentation at a supermarket. One watermelon with a front floral design and other is a basket filled with wstermelon balls. 

Watermelon balls are made with a fruit baller

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