Some artists work with some strange materials. Only a few that I’m aware of work with food. Jason Hedges pushed me to work with mushrooms (currently undisplayed works). He’s also made his own grappa, which was very tastey.

Out of the bottle, onto the wall: “When Richard Betts and Dennis Scholl decided to give original artworks to a dozen major customers last holiday season, they turned to Miami artist Jason Hedges. It was a perfect match.”

When Richard Betts and Dennis Scholl decided to give original artworks to a dozen major customers last holiday season, they turned to Miami artist Jason Hedges. It was a perfect match.

For more than six years, Hedges has made art with food and drink, ”a crucial part of our existence” whose ”beauty and significance have been overlooked,” he says.

One recent piece, Untitled (Corks No. 1), is a 72-inch square composed of more than 6,500 wine corks. (About two dozen of them are from Betts & Scholl bottles.)

For the B&S commission, as with other wine-on-paper works, Hedges began by tasting the wine.

”That Australian grenache is delicious. It’s not like some crazy wine that has to age for 20 years,” he says.

Next he put his thumb over the opening of the bottle and poured the wine to create swirls and blobs on paper. After about a month, the wine evaporated, leaving what Scholl describes as “incredible penumbras and crystals.” (Via MiamiHerald.com: Visual Arts.)