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I got some pretty great feedback about my new “drawings” and can’t wait to go forward. This is another semi-new project. Semi-new because I started it before and someone threw out my cheeseburger. I really want to see where this is going to go. Today I bought a plain cheeseburger, no dehydrated onions, pickle, ketchup or mustard. Actually I bought two and tried to figure out the best way to get the date on the bun. First attempt: beads, no good. Second attempt: embroidery thread and stitching, not only no good, but I destroyed an expensive and cool piece of thread in the process. Next cheeseburger, third attempt: name brand rhinestones, did the job.

Once a week, I am going to take a picture of my (our) cheeseburger and  post it. Just so you know I am not messing around, I will make sure there is something with date context in the photo (probably a newpaper).

I am looking for a name for my cheeseburger. Best suggestion wins two BRAND NEW Wacky Packages trading card sets. One comes with bubble gum, the other a sticker. Send your suggestions today.

All of this looking at food, drawing food packages, researching what we eat, gluing onto plates, etc  isn’t getting me where I need to be, so I decided to take a different approach…

• 2 batches pesto with basil from my garden
• 13 jars of jalapeno jelly (I grew the jalepenos from a special salmonella free plant)
• Fancy tuna salad
• Greek garbanzo salad
• 2 batches Cierpoux (granola type cereal)
• Spinach tomato pesto Risotto (with homemade stock)

Recipes for any of the above provided upon request.

Dang! This is a bit too small. Written on the plate is a list of food additives, on the back is a hand worked piece of vintage linen.

Detail:

Here are a few more plates. I am trying to explore the relationship of uber-processed, uber-packaged foods with the act of eating.

(Fancy name-brand crystal on white plate)

(glitter on plate)

I like looking at this. 5″ x 5″ acrylic. It is from an actual product. Can you guess what it is? (winner gets a prize)

Because Ken asked…

This is a standard, simple tahini-yogurt sauce. Good for dipping veggies in, on falafel, pita chips, etc

Tahini yogurt Sauce

• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 clove garlic

process in blender, processor, or immersion blender.

Keeps for about a week

Tahini sesame sauce

This is great on noodles with any fresh veggies you can find (blanch them if you feel like it), and even a few canned ones (baby corn, bamboo shoots) with cilantro, mint and green onion (basil??). I always make more than I need because it keeps really well in the fridge in a jar and is great on stir fries, or even mixed with plain yogurt for a veggie dip.

• 1/2 cup tahini
• 1/4 cup sesame oil (can mix with hot chili oil for a spicy kick)
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup mirin (Japanses rice wine)
• 4 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1-2 Tablespoon brown sugar

process in blender, processor, or immersion blender.

let me know how it goes, bro…

I’ll start with a pretty basic list and you can add on;

• rubber chicken
• anything with the word chicken
• quiet irony
• Mr. Deity
• whoopee cushions
• Things that sound like whoopee cushions
• Sarah Haskins
• The word “poop” spoken repeatedly by anyone under the age of 7 or over the age of 70

I forgot how much fun paint and ink can be.  All of these cards on done with ink on index cards.

In my exploration of logos, and trying to learn more about them, I am drawing a few out every day. I started on large 9×12 inch sheets. That size is a bit unwieldy, I switched to 4×6 index cards. These below are in colored pencil, with some selections from Karin’s kitchen.

I am so sure this has been done before, but I was stuck. I was stuck between an idea and some puffy paint and didn’t know how to find my way out. This seemed like a good starting place. Subtle is very new to me.

What do you think?