Jamie Waese

It all began with my Face of Jesus Frying Pan. I wanted a miracle in every pancake.  And it had to be cast iron because they don’t have non-stick coating.  I use a Dremel tool to grind the images out of the metal. I wear goggles and a face mask to keep the iron dust out.

My friend Jacques says my Jesus looks more like the bass player from Kiss.  My second frying pan was Marilyn Monroe.  I’ve always liked Marilyn Monroe even though her image is everywhere and it’s sort of cliche.  So for frying pan three I asked my boys what face they’d like to see most, burned onto a piece of french toast.  Their choice? I’ll post my Darth Vader frying pan soon. It’s at the cottage — we mostly use it for bacon. Bacon from the dark side.

The hobby sort of petered out when I realized you had to carve much deeper if you’re going to have any luck transferring the images on to food.  And if you can’t transfer the image onto food, what’s the point?

UPDATE – Here’s the Darth Vader frying pan.