Midweek Blues~ Jan 20, 2011

UPDATE at end of this post

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This is a Black Potato Art bowl  given to my daughter, Tammy, from her sister, Tina, as a Christmas gift!

I had never heard of this Art.

  ( and, indeed, just recently became familiar with black potatoes)

~ a bit on this potato ~

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http://www.foodsubs.com/Potatoes.html

purple potato = purple Peruvian potato = blue potato = black potato  Notes:   These purple-fleshed potatoes have a medium starch content, so they're good all-purpose potatoes.

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(back to the bowl)

This was the most unusual art object I had seen in awhile.... or maybe ever! The color is much more intense than the pictures show. It's a deep purplish-blue.  It appears to be very fragile and will only be used to 'look at!'

Here is my daughter, Tammy, showing off her unique gift from her sister!

I tried to find info on this but was not successful.

  :(

Does anyone have any info on this art form to share?

Junie

UPDATE  on the bowl:

Talked to my daughter after posting the above and she gave me this website that was in the package with her bowl!
 

http://margaretdorfman.com/margaret-dorfman-galleries/index.htm

Also a FB friend found the very same Website and put it on FB!  :)

This is fascinating art  to see and read about!

Junie