MUST COOK!

Our first, official 'Must Cook' lesson starts on Friday the 18th February!

Here is the blog address for more information...

http://must-cook.tumblr.com/

Wallpaper

I know I have already posted images of the wallpaper, but it is now complete! All ten metres of it. I am pleased with the outcome and want to use it on location now to show it's misleading messages. I plan to do a 'home what home?' wallpaper too with similar fonts, or maybe sneak a few into the original wallpaper. I am undecided, but I am glad the first lot is done! Good stuff...

The Weather Measure...

January's weather measure and argument measure has officially ended:


Rain: 14 days out of 31
Arguments: 4 out of 31


Lets see how February pans out...

Keep WARM!

As I have been reworking the phrase 'keep calm and carry on' to 'keep warm and carry on', I wanted to use the original poster but change it to create a series of old phrases altered. I have been printing onto blankets and socks using this phrase...

Wallpaper Screenprints...

Here are the first images of my screen printed wallpaper. I have so far done about 5metres but aim to do around 20. The process is quite fast as I am just repeating the same motif over and over. I have chosen the colour red as from my previous practice, the small black text didn't stand out aswell and I want the space to look unnatural and I think red will help to achieve this. I will hopefully have this finished next week and can begin photographing it on location.

Screen Prints...

I have begun to work on my screen prints for my wallpaper. I have printed out my text onto tracing paper which then will be used to create a screen. I have created a motif of large text, then smaller text below which will be repeated over and over to then be hung up outside.


p.s the lining paper in the background looks like a GIANT cigarette! ha

The Mustard Tree- MUST COOK!

Becca and myself have organised cookery classes at The Mustard Tree. The Mustard Tree is an organisation who help support homeless or vulnerable people by providing food, clothing and training. We will be directly working with asylum seekers in Manchester, offering cooking lessons every Friday from 9:30am-3.00pm. The classes aim to provide simple, affordable recipes which will then be given to them each week on a recipe card for them to try out for themselves. Each week we will be cooking for upto 40 people and have to provide a meat dish and a vegetarian dish. Our lessons are not just about the basic cooking skills, but about kitchen management and learning how to serve people aswell as using tools around the kitchen. 


We have set up a blog specifically for the workshops which I will post soon...


Above, you can see the posters and recipe cards designed by illustrator Emma Brown. More of her work can be found here http://emmabrownowlillustration.blogspot.com/. For more information about The Mustard Tree, visit their website, www.themustardtree.org.uk.