Human Bread: A Thailand Bakery

Deep within Thailand, within the Ratchaburi Province to be exact, lies a family run bakery. This bakery, however, is not your typical run-of-the-mill corner bakery. Rather, this bakery is sure to surprise you with its realistic-looking "human body parts," which are stacked on shelves and hanging on meat hooks.

Ratchaburi is located about 50 miles west of Bangkok on the bank of the Mae Klong River. If you are in the area there are daily tours you can take, here is one site that gives tours.

Before I proceed, I must warn you that the images below are gruesome and very realistic. As you'll soon see, this is nothing short of a serial-killer lair. I would go as far as suggesting that this is not safe for kids (with the nightmares and all). Be sure to catch the video at the end.

In reality, what appears to be petrified body parts are the bread sculptures of art student Kittiwat Unarrom from Potharam, Thailand. Yes, it's bread!

Of course, people were shocked and thought that I was mad when they saw the works. But once they knew the idea behind it, they understood and became interested in the work itself, instead of thinking that I am crazy,

said the fine arts masters degree student.

As an undergraduate art student, Kittiwat started painting portraits. He then moved to mixed media and finally dough - a natural medium for him since his family runs a bakery. Along with edible human heads crafted from dough, chocolate, raisins and cashews, Kittiwat makes human torsos, arms and feet.

He uses anatomy books and his vivid memories of visiting a forensics museum to create the human parts. He now is receiving regular orders from the curious and from pranksters who want to surprise their friends or colleagues. However, I'm not too sure how your beloved would feel opening the fridge to find one of these inside.

By the end of the year, Kittiwat's confectionary slaughterhouse will go on display at Bangkok's Silpakorn University. It's his final dissertation, and he hopes it will secure him a master of arts degree.

When people see the bread, they don't want to eat it. But when they taste it, it's just normal bread," he said. "The lesson is 'don't judge just by outer appearances.

And the video ...

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSO7m3-MH8

Did you forget that this is BREAD?! What I don't get, and can't even fathom, is how does someone decide to eat this. How does one bring themselves to add cheese, or worse, meat like roast beef or salami or something that's actual reddish meat.

Would you? I'm dying to hear your feedback on this one.  ▣


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