Chinese artist transform cabbage into art

Ju Duoqi goes to the vegetable market in Beijing to stock up on cabbages. But instead of using them to cook, the 38-year-old artist transforms the humble vegetables into works of art depicting beautiful women that sometimes leave little to the imagination.Ju says she started using vegetables in her work five years ago when she was looking for a way to bring her art together with everyday life.She often spends hours in the market picking out cabbages that reflect the curves of a womans body, or that can be cut to make limbs or accessories.Back in her studio on the outskirts of the Chinese capital, Ju uses knives and toothpicks to reshape the cabbage leaves to resemble different parts of the body and arranges them into sculptures.Different stages of decomposition - fresh, rotten or dry - create different effects.