When an artist couldn’t shake the hurt she felt after her relationship broke down, she emblazoned the words that affected her most across inviting deserts to move forward, Independent reports.

Adding her friends' bitter experiences into the mix, Isabella Giancarlo turned the pain into an art project.

The result is Eat Your Heart Out, where empty clichés are moulded in sweet pastry and displayed against sugary backdrops of thick, burgundy jams; saccharine mutlicoloured sprinkles; and near-burnt pie crusts.

Baking is a meditative experience, and desert is an indulgence which suggests the permission to “go ahead” and gorge. It seemed like the perfect outlet, Giancarlo explained.

Giancarlo will be exhibiting a selection of her prints in a New York gallery beginning in March, and hopes to continue to explore how people engage with heartbreak.

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