Learn the Japanese way of sculpting candies at a fest
Updated On: 13 September, 2017 02:30 PM IST | Mumbai | Krutika Behrawala
<p>In a YouTube video, 27-year-old Tokyo-based artist Shinri Tezuka is seen engrossed in Amezaiku, the now rare Japanese art of sculpting candy that dates back to the 1600s, when they were used as offerings at temples in Kyoto</p>


Candy artist Shinri Tezuka in a YouTube video that will be screened at the fest
In a YouTube video, 27-year-old Tokyo-based artist Shinri Tezuka is seen engrossed in Amezaiku, the now rare Japanese art of sculpting candy that dates back to the 1600s, when they were used as offerings at temples in Kyoto. Using scissors and tweezers, Tezuka sculpts a semi-solid blob of starchy sugar syrup into a life-like crystal goldfish.
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