Soul Sanctuary: chocolate jesus

Nothing like a few blasphemous products to get people's ire stirred up on a Sunday morning. Here are five functional items inspired by the Savior.

Jesus Wall Clock:

By Studio Mango, this wall clock has a silhouette of 'He who died for your sins' upon a wall mounted cross. His rotating arms function as the hands.

Jesus Salt or Pepper Grinder:

Also designed by Studio Mango, the Holy Moly Spice grinder is available in black here or in hot pink here

Jesus Cookie Cutter:

German designed stainless steel cookie cutter.
Buy it here

Lookin Good For Jesus Mirror Statuette:

He stands 5" tall and has a small oval mirror embedded in his stomach.
buy it here

Jesus Saves Coin Bank:

Designed by Rocket, this statuette will not only save your soul, but your allowance too. Blue JESUS SAVES Money Bank Christ Savings Coin

And they make great stocking stuffers, too.

Not many things are more appealing to me than art or chocolate. So, the combination of the two is something I was destined to blog about. Whether it's replications of historical sculpture, of everyday objects or modern abstract creations crafted with actual, edible chocolate, here are some you can admire, some you can order and all you can eat.

Custom Chocolate Sculptures by Paul Wayne Gregory:

Inquire about them here. (special thanks to Betsy Wills for this one)

Chocolate sculptures by frenchman Patrick Roger.
Below the chocolatier with "Harold":

and his chocolate penguins:

Chocolate City:

created by Naoko Tone and Atsuyoshi Iijima from the Chocolate exhibition at the 21_21 Design Sight space in Tokyo.

Canadian-born Cosimo Cavallaro created this controversial life sized chocolate Jesus in 2005:

And followed it up with more Chocolate Saints in 2007:

And here's artist George Heslop with his life-sized chocolate Jesus on the Cross (this one's not edible, folks):

Beautiful Valentine's sculptures in chocolate by Joseph Schmidt:

the above sculptures are not for sale

Artist and award winning Pastry Chef Gerhard Petzl's chocolate sculptures:

Here's the Gerhard with his World's Largest Chocolate Santa made just last December:

Not going to travel the world to attend Chocolate fairs, museums and exhibits, but still want a sweet piece of art? Perhaps not as artfully crafted, but certainly as delicious tasting, consider these other fun chocolate items:

Chocolate Gifts You Can Buy Now.

Endangered Species Chocolate Wall Trophies:

available from the W Hotel Store or Walteria Living

The Chocolate Pie Chart:

From Matt and Mary. Buy it here.

Painter Girl's Animal Print Bars, Chocolate Frida Tribute Bar and caramel filled chocolate paint tubes are made to order. Get them here.

Jessica Walters' handmade chocolate shoes.
Available as one large shoe: