Miniature food art from a computer engineer
Known for miniature dinner plates and micro-menus smaller than a coin prepared using polymer clay, the artist is in demand internationally.
Computer engineer Ayşe Betül Çalışkan has become the focus of social media attention with her miniature food plates and micro-menus, smaller than a coin, prepared using polymer clay. This original art, born in Turkey, is in demand internationally from Australia to Dubai.
Engineering discipline and millimeter calculations
Behind the micro-menus seen on social media lies a high level of engineering discipline. Mantı fitted onto trays even smaller than a coin, micro-sized baklava, and new-generation gourmet plates are the product of a meticulous design process calculated with millimeter proportions.
Works shaped by analytical thinking
The architect of this art, Ayşe Betül Çalışkan, has a background in computer engineering. Combining the analytical thinking ability she acquired among code blocks with polymer clay, Çalışkan states that she works with millimeter calculations while preparing the miniatures.
Growing global demand internationally
Reinterpreting traditional Turkish culinary culture and modern menu designs on a micro scale, the young artist's success has crossed national borders and come onto the radar of international collectors and art lovers.
Çalışkan states that she ships custom orders from all over the world, from Australia to Dubai, and aims to carry this brand to a global scale.
Longing for tangible details in the digital age
In an era where QR code menus and digitalization are rapidly taking over life, these miniature plates, meeting people's longing for tangible details, offer an objective and permanent culinary richness despite the visual memory rapidly consumed by the modern age.