Lemonade Set

This is my attempt to creating functional-ware through Emily Carr in 2008. It is a lemonade set of three. One jug and two mugs. Each mug was custom built to fit perfectly in my hands. Resembling tree trunks with cut branches this piece speaks about urbanization through the stark white application, cut branches, and the objects themselves, a lemonade set. Don't get me wrong, I love white porcelain. I love the clean, sharp lines here. While glaze application is still something I need to work at, this piece remains lovely in it's process. One day, perhaps I'll continue with this idea.

Processing

here we have some new works - trying out Processing. of course, i'm taking a liking to it quite quickly.

check them out.

Processing Projects

tyler's birthday/opening.

{congratulations on your art opening and happy birthday buddy.}

Baked Eggplant With Couscous {a megan original quicky}

prep time: 20 min.
feeds: a few to a bunch of people.
tools/ ingredients:

1 small eggplant, cut into slices
1 cup of couscous
half an onion, sliced (optional) i really like onions.
about 1 cup tomato sauce
2-3 tbsp tofutti plain creamcheese, or tofutti sour cream
a schwack of nutritional yeast
approx 1 tablespoon each: oregano, basil, parsley
olive oil
stove/oven
large baking pan
medium pot
small to medium mixing bowl
spoon


directions:

cook couscous. {pour 1 cup of couscous into a medium sized mixing bowl. pour 1 1/2 cups of boiling water in the bowl. mix the water and grain with a spoon. cover with dish towel for 5-8 minutes}

cook/heat the tomato sauce {medium sized pot, low to medium temp. stir occasionally.}

preheat oven at 450.

add creamcheese/sourcream to tom sauce until it become a lovely blush colour.

add spices. and nutritional yeast. {nutritional yeast is a deactivated yeast that attaches a cheesy, nutty or creamy flavour to your dish. it is a complete protein, source of b-complex vitamins, and low in fat and sodium. my fav condiment}

allow the sauce to thicken. still too runny? add more yeast. :)

pour oil all over the bottom of the baking pan. lay eggplant on the pan. some may overlap. place a few rings of onion on each slice eggplant slice. spoon couscous on each slice as well. pour tom sauce atop the couscous.

pop pan into oven at approx 450 for 10-15 minutes.

enjoy.

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we need to make change.

uppercase

i attended the one of a kind show: vancouver this weekend. {thanksgiving weekend} and found some pretty amazing artisans.

from Uppercase i bought two books and their most recent magazine.

these folks do some pretty incredible work. often i'll find myself bored flipping through a book of creativity that is trying to please to many demographics at once, but this is not the case today. perhaps i am in love with collage {and i am just realizing it now} because uppercase keeps me flipping. based out of Calgary they feature only Canadian artists {mostly illustrators, photographers and designers}, which in turn, is nothing like Canadian Art magazine, the subscription i can't wait to finish. i understand that the only similarities between the two magazines uppercase and canadian art are the canadian artist features and beyond that, they are as different as popsicles and revels, but it seems like canada has been deemed a boring country. with its snow igloos, plaid shirts, maple syrup, and log cabins i'd hate to see outsiders judge our art in the same respect. this, my friends is one good reason why i enjoy uppercase so much. they are damn entertaining.

quick, low-key installation.

{before + ladder. main floor's north east stairwell}

{materials: black painters tape}

{establishing a basic shape}

{altering it to create an optical illusion}

{going back and fixing the left point}

{perfecting top point with slight acrophobia}

{complete}

{complete}

{view from up close}

{notice the optical illusion: when viewed from the correct spot in the room, the star appears to not be bent where the two walls meet}

{optical illusion}

{critique}

title.