15 Mac 2011

Ugly grub ball

Gimme shell-ter ... banana snail
Gimme shell-ter ... banana snail

A FAN of wackily-shaped fruit and veg has built up a million-strong following on the web - by sculpting the grub into a ZOO.

Hoppy to be here ... frog made of lime peel
Hoppy to be here ... frog made of lime peel

Vanessa Dualib, 29, scours supermarkets for misshapen produce she turns into bizarre animal characters.

Her creations - which she photographs before they go rotten - include a snail made from a banana, a sweet potato hippo and a whale constructed from an aubergine.

She dubbed an artist figure made of peapods Peacasso.

Slightly potty ... hippo-potato-mus sculpture and sweet potato walrus
Slightly potty ... hippo-potato-mus sculpture, left, and sweet potato walrus

Vanessa said yesterday after posting her 64th character online: "I was inspired by the three things I love most - photography, food and humour."

She added at her home in Sao Paolo, Brazil: "You have to work fast - the banana snail started to go brown very quickly."

Ssseriously fishy ... mango fish, left, and tapioca root snake
Ssseriously fishy ... mango fish, left, and tapioca root snake

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