Raclette Cheese and Giant Tree Flower

Melted golden cheese blankets a wooden board resting on a rustic table in Wuhan. Cool blue twilight light fills the room while a single warm lamp settles into the corners. An impossible tree rises from the center of the board, its trunk made of solidified cheese and branches holding a single massive flower. The flower petals stretch upward like a canopy, dwarfing the surrounding dishes. Early autumn leaves scatter across the table surface near the base of the cheese tree. The wood grain runs parallel to the melted cheese streams. A sharp edge of the wooden board catches the lamplight against the blue room. The flower stem merges seamlessly into the melted cheese pool.