There is pepperoni everywhere.
Morsels of rice, plates of biryani, mustard seeds, chillies, and pomegranate lie strewn across Shilpa Mitha’s work table. And it does not help that “I have butter fingers,” laughs the Chennai-based artist, who started Sueno Souvenir in 2011.
Despite the confession, Shilpa’s miniature food creations in clay are works of precision. Each tiny piece incorporates a range of textures, curves, finishes. For example, her pomegranate seeds have dual tones, the dosas look fresh-off-the tawa and the banana leaf plates mimic the ridges and patterns of an actual leaf. “I have tiny hands. I was made for this,” she smiles.
