To mark the release of the new SpongeBob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water movie, Mark Northeast, owner of Creative Food Design has designed a very intricate poster, made entirely of sweets.
The poster of our favorite Bikini Bottom resident can be seen at Empire Cinemas in Walthamstow. The poster was unveiled this morning in front of local children and cinema goers and will remain on display until the end of the week.
Northeast used a large variety of pick ‘n’ mix sweets on sale at Empire Cinemas. Among them are 90 foam bananas, 60 fried eggs, 60 shrimps to make up SpongeBob’s sidekick Patrick, 25 pieces of fudge, 50 blue dolphins and many others. Around 400 individual sweets were used in total.
The food artist said “This has to go down as one of the largest and most fun I’ve undertaken. The preparation was key and from the outset, I visualised how the image would take shape. The plan was to layer the different characters at varying heights in order to achieve a sense of depth to the picture.
“One of the toughest elements of the project was trying to cut and shape the 24 different varieties of sweets to use them in the picture. Some are brittle and can snap easily while others were incredibly chewy. Where possible I tried to use the sweet in its original form, but some improvisation was necessary – for example, removing the yolks of about 80 fried eggs so they laid flat on the picture. Each of the 90 bananas that were used had to be cut down in thickness to make them suitable for the letters and SpongeBob’s body.”
Jon Nutton, Marketing Director of Empire Cinemas, said: “We’re delighted to unveil the tastiest movie poster in history sourced from our very own pick n mix counter, and what better film to launch Empire Cinemas’ sweet art than The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water. At Empire Cinemas, the customer experience is at the heart of everything we do, from the visual delights to the tempting treats on offer.”
The SpongeBob movie will be opening in Empire Cinemas from 27th March 2015.
