Impressive Japanese Amezaiku Animals Glass Candy Art Like You Have Never Seen Before

Did you even know that exquisite glass candy art was a thing? Now you do.

Ansa

• Published in Animals
• September 27, 2021

This will surely be the most amazing thing that you will get to see today. There is a sweet shop in Tokyo, Japan that makes the most exquisite and aesthetically pleasing glass candies in the shape of amezaiku animals.

The owner of the shop and the candy artist Shinri Tezuka has established the shop and called it Ameshin. He has taken other candy craftsmen on board as well to make these amezaiku animals.

Like many other forms of the ancient art of Japan, Amezaiku is also one of the most famous ones. It is the art of crafting candies.

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The skilled candy craftsmen create these candies in the shape of various animals such as koi fish and octopuses that amazingly look realistic.

It may be termed as a dying art as there are very few craftsmen left today, although this art form goes back to the 8th century.

In the present day, Tezuka is the youngest amezaiku artist at the age of only 27 years.

In order to make this glass-like candy, the syrup concoction is heated till it becomes transparent and looks like taffy.

Once it is heated, it is quickly handled before it hardens when cooling down.

The figures are then formed by using the Japanese scissors and employing the technique called “cutting, pulling, and bending”.

Once their shapes are formed, they are then painted with paintbrushes.

It may sound quite simple but it is turned into these beautiful glass-like sculptures after following the painstaking procedure.

Ameshin was opened in the year 2013 and has since come a long way.

Glass candy Koi fish

Koi fish glass candy

Painting glass candy

Candy making in process

Assortment of glass candies

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