FOOD CHAKRAS
The "sculptograph" format which Yassi developed while an Artist in Residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation on Captiva Island later became the basis of a series entitled Food Chakras. The base images of these sculptographs, including the Food Chakras, are derived from color-manipulated 3D scans of the hand-thrown flowers. Each unique Food Chakra incorporates drawing and painting over a selected base image which is first printed on handmade Japanese paper.
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The inspiration for the Food Chakras came about in 2013 when the artist's energy was low and her blood chemistry was found to be out of balance. As a result, for a relatively brief period, she was told to eat certain foods in abundance, "an easy prescription." But she also needed to completely avoid many ingredients which left her missing her favorites.
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Cravings turned into creations. And as food is energy, each Food Chakra is a visualization of the energy chakra of a particular dish, a sort of portrait.