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Artist Creates Tom Daley Out of… Salad

Visitors were amazed with the spectacular salad art

Printworks Unveils Unique Portrait

 

Tom Daley has officially been crowned the UK’s favourite Olympian, according to a nationwide survey conducted by consumer insight business, Vypr. Over a third of Brits (36%) voted for Tom as their gold choice. He beat swimmer, Adam Peaty with one in five (20%) voting him into silver spot and runner, Keely Hodgkinson came in bronze on the podium with 10% of the votes.

 

To mark this accolade, Printworks unveiled a striking 3m x 4m portrait of the diver, made entirely from over 600 salad items. This extraordinary artwork was crafted by renowned Britain’s Got Talent artist, Nathan Wyburn.

Hard Rock Cafe donated ingredients for the masterpiece which included 20 lettuces, 300 tomatoes, 30 cucumbers, 20 bags of spinach, a rainbow of 200 peppers and 10 tubs of tomato puree.

 

But wait, there’s more – weight to be precise! As resistance bands and kettlebells, donated by Nuffield Health, added a whole new layer to this edible artwork.

 

Talking of the unique portrait, Nathan said: “The salad portrait took over five hours to create on the day of the unveiling, along with extensive planning and practice to capture Daley’s likeness, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. Tom is a true sporting icon, and he’s never looked so fresh – especially when made entirely of salad!”.

 

After the public exhibition, all salad components from the portrait were donated to the rabbits at Longford Park Animal Corner, ensuring the unique artwork supported the local community.

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