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Papermeal: Melbourne's Yelldesign crafts paper food to animate full recipes to enjoy

Papermeal is a tasty project developed by Yelldesign, an animation studio in Melbourne, Australia that specialises in stop-motion. Crafting paper in various colours into different types of food, the creative team animated entire recipes for you to watch and enjoy.

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Papermeal's paper-crafted salad with orange cubes, red ribbons and herb garnish on a white plate, surrounded by colourful craft supplies and a pink placemat

Todd Watts of Yelldesign explained: "We see a lot of designs featuring beautiful still images of food created from various materials. We had never seen a full scale recipe made completely of paper, and used this as our starting point.

"After many lunchtime discussions, we applied our quirky animation style to elevate these everyday recipes into surreal and colourful works of art. The first series of five animations took three months to produce, and included the help of nine designers."

Make sure you watch the full animation below, and enjoy the following selection of stills to see the level of craftsmanship that went into each and every detail of the video. In the meantime, check out www.papermeal.com to see the full project.

A paper apple, white carton of milk and yellow and red paper chips arranged on The New York Times newspaper
Hand holding a paper bowl with a paper sushi roll, wasabi, ginger and egg, alongside green chopsticks with red band on textured gold background
Three paper samosas in shades of orange and yellow arranged in a cardboard takeaway container against a pink background, part of Papermeal's stop-motion animated recipe series by Yelldesign
Hand holding a red paper ingredient above a wooden board with paper orange vegetables and a paper cup beside a red box and leaf-shaped element
Hand holding a retro computer displaying "Jafflel" in green text on its screen against a coral pink background
Colourful paper-crafted sandwich ingredients arranged on pink tissue paper against an orange background, part of Yelldesign's Papermeal stop-motion animation project
Hands hovering over a laptop displaying a Yelldesign animation project featuring paper-crafted food elements including yellow strips, a grey fish and green shapes
Hand reaching towards a cardboard tape dispenser crafted from paper as part of Yelldesign's Papermeal stop-motion animation project
Flat lay of colourful crafting materials and paper food items created by Yelldesign for the Papermeal project, arranged on a white background
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