King Charles III Coronation: This artist truly raised a ‘toast’ to the new king!

Twitter users seemed mighty impressed with this unique work that comprised 42 slices of toasted bread with the savoury spread over it and took to the comments section to appreciate the artist’s efforts.

One wrote, “Incredible”, while another said, “You must have had a hard time not nibbling… that certainly is the way to toast the king! Well done sir!”

Another commented, “So very British, well done!”

In an interview with the PA news agency, Wyburn said he decided to create the artwork after discovering the King’s fondness for Marmite in his favourite sandwich. It took him two hours to create the work using a single large jar of Marmite. In the interview, he described toasting 42 slices of white bread in his four-piece toaster for 30 minutes as the ‘most laborious part of the process’.

He further shared that if a slice of bread was slightly burnt, he would either use it in a darker section of the portrait or remove the burnt pieces. “The dark colour of Marmite against the toast’s hue creates an ideal tonal variation in the portrait, making it stand out prominently,” he said.

To recall, not long ago, a life-sized chocolate bust of the King had been unveiled by confectionary brand Celebration which was created by chocolate artist Jen Lindsey-Clark.

The sculpture – dedicated to the 74-year-old monarch who became King after the passing of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September last year – took four weeks to create and weighed over 23 kg.

“That’s the equivalent of 2,875 individual Celebrations chocolates,” the company noted on Instagram.

Notably, to create the ornamental shoulder pieces of his uniform, miniature bars of Snickers, Mars, Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty were used. The King‘s collar, on the other hand, was made from Maltesers Teasers. Each of these chocolates, including Snickers, was used to create the medals.

The artist added that she loved working with chocolates. “It is a brilliant medium to work in. I can sculpt it, I can mould it, I can cut it, I can core it, I can do loads of stuff with it. And if all else fails, I can melt it down and start again,” she said.

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