Macaroni art

Not to be confused with art by people in the macaroni subculture, or with finger fluting (prehistoric cave art).

Macaroni art, sometimes referred to as macaroni crafts or pasta art, is artwork that is made of dry macaroni or other pasta.^[1] The works commonly consist of individual pieces of macaroni glued to a surface to produce a mosaic. However, works may take the form of sculptures.

A picture made using different shapes of pasta

This type of art is produced during arts and crafts classes at pre-school.^[2]

In popular culture

Pasta art was used to advertise a Nancy Sinatra concert at the world famous Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The art the poster was made from is composed entirely of Pasta e Fagioli (pasta and beans). Alphabet pasta spells out the lyrics for her hit "These Boots Are Made For Walking".^[3]

Another example of pasta art was featured in The Fusilli Jerry episode of the television sitcom Seinfeld, in which Cosmo Kramer produced a small sculpture of Jerry Seinfeld made of fusilli.