Egg-stravagant Easter masterpiece shows Shrewsbury in sweetest form
It may look too good to eat, and the meaning behind this giant Shrewsbury Easter egg left an even sweeter taste – helping the homeless.
The stunning 12kg egg, featuring an intricate painting of Wyle Cop, was commissioned by Tanners Wine Merchants and auctioned off to support homeless people at Shrewsbury Ark.
It was created by Conwy-based Baravelli’s chocolatiers, who painstakingly designed it over 20 hours.
Artwork created by Shrewsbury-based artist and architect James St Clair Wade was used.
James is currently working on his Shrewsbury Streetscape project, creating pictures of the town’s most picturesque streets, and Tanners were keen for their store and their neighbours on his lower Wyle Cop image to feature on the egg.
It was sold for £200 at auction.
The making of the egg and its delivery to Shrewsbury was recently featured on Channel Five show The Wonderful World of Chocolate. It showed chocolatier Emma Baravelli pour melted chocolate into a giant mould, spreading it evenly round and making a number of coats, as well as tracing James’ design onto the outside.
There was a moment of panic when it split after the two halves had been moulded together, but thankfully there were no cracks and Emma was able to stick it back together and complete the beautiful design with finishing touches of chocolate grapes and leaves.
