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With steady hand and painstaking concentration, this
artist applies the finish touches to his latest spectacular work.
But this sculpture of an eagle is created using a medium many
conventional artists may not have considered - fruit and vegetables.
Using a mixture of fruits, the bird was created by Russian vegetable
carver Vadim Nefedjev during yesterday's round of competition at the
first ever European carving competition in Leipzig in eastern Germany.
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The competition, which has 26 individual competitors and 11 teams, is
part of the 'Gaeste' Trade Fair in the city - which caters for the
restaurant, hotel and catering business.
His eagle creation was in competition with carvers from nine different
countries.
They included Czech chef Radek Vach, who created a staggering depiction
of a Viking's head using only a pumpkin.
Another entrant was Winifried Karras who represented Germany, but chose
to centre his piece around a carving of an Asian beauty on a melon.
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Most fruit and vegetables were used at some point, with one entrant
choosing to create a pair of frogs using nothing but a cucumber and
strategically place pieces of carrot.
And another saw a penguin crafted from an aubergine, with the designer
even crafting a pair of glasses from a carrot.
The pictures here come from the two days of individual competition.
Saturday's entrants had to create two pieces to be used for two
cocktails and a plate of vegetables measuring around 30cm in diameter.
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And yesterday saw competitors asked to make a show piece to go before
the judges.
Within a four hour time limit they had to make the piece using a
selection of melons, papayas, cabbages, cucumbers, radish and carrots
and pumpkins.
Tomorrow's competition involves teams of three again being given four
hours to create a blend of fruit and vegetable carvings of specific
locations.
The European competition was founded by China's Xiang Wang, who has been
crowned World Champion on two occasions.
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