If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to make a 6-foot sculpture of “Star Wars” character Han Solo out of bread, well, a Bay Area bakery has risen to the occasion.
Hannalee Pervan and her mother, Catherine, co-owners of One House Bakery in Benicia, Calif., created a doughy replica of Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, frozen in carbonite from the 1980 movie “Catherine Pervan talks about creating the life-sized bread sculpture of Han Solo.Both mother and daughter love science fiction and began tossing around ideas months ago, they said, including creating replicas of R2-D2 from “Star Wars” and Audrey from “Little Shop of Horrors.
“I kept coming back to this image of Han Solo trapped in carbonite,” said Catherine Pervan, referring to the pain on Han Solo’s face, the way his hands are reaching for an escape. “It’s so iconic.”The furor over ‘Mexican Week’ on the popular reality competition reveals the problems that have come with the series’ smashing success.
Once they settled on Han Solo, they began toiling late into the night after the bakery had closed up shop, listening to music including Pink Floyd and the Lumineers. A former college basketball player, the younger Pervan served as the model for the sculpture, with her mother tracing an outline of her onto a piece of plywood that they then loaded up with dough.Co-owners of One House Bakery named a 6-foot replica of Han Solo frozen in carbonite “Pan Solo.
They used dead dough, Hannalee Pervan said, which is made of bread, water and sugar and has no yeast. It feels like dense Play-Doh, she added. Her resume includes working at
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