Artist Creates Amazing Picture from Cake Decorations

Joel Brochu, a fine art student meticulously created the piece using 221,184 coloured sugary balls usually used on cakes and ice cream. The Canadian artist said he used double-sided sticky tape to attach the myriad of sprinkles to a board using a customised template.

Shower of sprinkles: Artist Joel Brochu created a work of art that appears as a high definition photograph however it was created using thousands of sprinkles.

Hundreds and thousands: Close up it is clear to see the thousands of sprinkles used to create the beagle.

Fine art: The piece took eight months to complete before being perfectly preserved.