ARTIST CREATES ARTWORK FROM 153 SLICES OF BURNT TOAST

AN ARTIST HAS CREATED A GIANT REPLICA OF THE CRUCIFIXION USING 153 SLICES OF BURNT TOAST. ADAM SHELDON DESIGNED THE UNIQUE PIECE OF ART SIX MONTHS AGO AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOTHER WHO WORSHIPS AT THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF ST PETER, GREAT LIMBER, LINCOLNSHIRE. USING HIS TOASTER, SHELDON BURNED EVERY PIECE OF BREAD BEFORE DRYING EACH PIECE OUT AND FLATTENING THEM SO THEY WERE READY TO BE POSITIONED IN A GIANT FRAME. HE THEN SPENT HOURS SCRAPING THE TOAST WITH A KNIFE TO CREATE THE LIGHTER PARTS OF THE IMAGE, SUCH AS CHRIST'S HALO, AND A BLOW TORCH TO CREATE THE DARKER PATCHES. BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE MAMMOTH PROJECT, SHELDON ALSO MADE A MUCH SMALLER DEPICTION OF THE LAST SUPPER ON THREE PIECES OF TOAST TO PERFECT HIS SCRAPING TECHNIQUES. HIS STUNNING CRUCIFIXION PICTURE WAS MOUNTED ON THE WALL OF ST PETER'S KNAVE ON 30.DECEMBER. REVEREND FELICITY COUCH SAID THE 'UTTERLY UNIQUE' IMAGE WOULD STAY UP FOR TWO WEEKS AND ADDED MANY PARISHIONERS HAD NOT INITIALLY REALIZED IT WAS MADE FROM TOAST. SHE SAID: 'WE ASKED ADAM TO CREATE A PIECE OF ARTWORK FOR THE CHURCH AND THIS INCREDIBLE PICTURE MADE FROM TOAST IS WHAT HE GAVE US. IT'S NOT WHAT WE ANTICIPATED BUT IT IS AMAZING AND ALTHOUGH AT FIRST WE WERE STUNNED TO FIND IT WAS MADE FROM BREAD EVERYONE IS NOW INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED.' THE PARISH OF ST PETER'S WAS ORIGINALLY HOME TO A NORMAN PRIORY BUILT BEFORE 1180 UNDER THE ABBEY OF L'AULNAY IN NORMANDY. THE CHURCH HAS 350 SEATS AND THE ANGLICAN PARISH REGISTER DATES FROM 1562, AND WAS RESTORED IN 1875.