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This food sculptor makes the most disturbingly realistic chocolates we've ever seen

Nov 15, 2016, 23:21 IST

Hardy describes herself as a "lover of natural history and chocolate."

"I grew up playing in a river, a field, or in the back rooms of my mother’s antique shop, and, as a bit of a loner, I explored things in detail."

Before discovering chocolate, Hardy was crafting stunningly realistic cakes, like this dead pheasant cake.

Eventually, she realized she was missing out on a great medium.

"I had a eureka moment when I realized that great tasting chocolate was also a fantastic sculpting medium, despite its technical challenges."

Hardy makes all her creations at home in her kitchen, and says each individual chocolate can take up to an hour to perfect.

She starts by researching and sketching, then moves on to sculpting her design in clay to figure out if the shape will work.

If the clay mold works, Hardy moves on to making the actual chocolates, all of which are hand-painted.

People are loving her unique creations.

Hardy says paleontologists, archaeologists, and entomologists are buying and endorsing the chocolates.

And some of her favorite museums are reaching out in hopes of working with her.

Hardy just raised over $13,000 to build a chocolate studio in the backyard of her home, where ideal temperature and humidity levels for chocolate sculpting can be maintained.

Thanks to the donations, Hardy can continue sculpting edible artifacts.

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