Good News Network | Dec 9, 2023 | Willy Wonka | Shield Insurance Agency Blog
Artists spent 200 hours over two weeks carving a life-sized Willy Wonka using what else but chocolate.
The 6-ft 2-inch sculpture, inspired by the eponymous character in the new movie Wonka, was unveiled this week in London’s Trafalgar Square.
Iconic Willy Wonka
Sculpted into the character’s iconic pose, featuring a hat-tip and cane, the creation was molded and hand-crafted from more than 100 liters of melted chocolate by chocolate sculptor Jen Lindsey-Clark and a small team.
Only the head uses a non-cocoa center.
“As a chocolate sculptor, this was the absolute dream commission,” said Jen, who recently created a bust of King Charles ahead of the coronation.
“Just about everyone in the world of confectionary has been inspired by the magic of Willy Wonka and Dahl’s inventive storytelling one way or another.”
“I grew up on the books and watched the original Wilder Wonka film religiously every Easter and Christmas as a child, so to have had the chance to bring such an enduring character to life in chocolate has been such a labor of love.”
The new film, which features Timothée Chalamet as Wonka and Hugh Grant as the Oompa Loompa, was released on Friday by Warner Bros, and is the latest in a respectable line of films based on Roald Dahl’s literary classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
It follows the life of a younger Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world. It depicts the path he took to become the iconic candy maker which several generations have come to know and love.
The sculpture has since been moved so pedestrians wouldn’t begin nibbling on the velvety masterpiece.
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