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Knitted food and condiments served up for Stylist magazine by Jessica Dance

Art director, model maker and prop stylist Jessica Dance was recently commissioned by Stylist magazine to create the cover image and a series of inside pictures for their 'Comfort Food' issue – which celebrates the foods that keep is warm and happy during the winter months.

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Knitted wool baked beans on toast with sauce and ketchup bottles, alongside a striped mug of coffee on a purple surface

Offering a playful, tactile touch to her work – she knits all of her foods using a domestic knitting machine using 100% lambswool which is sourced in the UK. Other clients include Vogue, Google, Mulberry, Adam & Eve DDB, Creative Review, Vanity Fair, Liberty, Topshop, Whistles, Hunter, Selfridges, Berghaus, Marie Claire, GAP, Endsliegh and TimeOut. Discover more of her work at www.jessicadance.com. All photography by David Sykes.

Knitted lambswool dinner plate with fish and chips, peas, cutlery and condiments including tomato ketchup and mustard against a pink and purple background
Knitted yellow cracker with holes arranged in rows, made from lambswool
Yellow knitted jar with "English Mustard" text embroidered in red
Hand-knitted wool chocolate bar wrapper in brown, purple and yellow with yellow text detail
Knitted doughnut with yellow icing and pink glaze with white icing stripes, made from lambswool
Knitted cheese selection in various colours and textures, including cheddar, mozzarella, blue cheese and crackers, arranged on a marble surface
Stylist magazine cover featuring a knitted plate of comfort food including sausages, potatoes and peas alongside condiment bottles on a purple background
Magazine spread showing a pink and purple layout titled "Food worth staying in for" with knitted food props including two decorative bottles, a striped mug and plate of baked beans on toast
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