Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Edible "Books"

The Edible Books Festival is coming to Seattle on April 4. Ideas for possible entries:

"Holidays on Ice" (David Sedaris) - water with gas in a glass, w/ candy cane

"Seismosis" (John Keene & Chris Stackhouse) - abstract drawing composed of seaweed strands

"Grapefruit" (Yoko Ono) - a grapefruit with an instruction poem

"The Handful of Seeds" (Andrew Schelling) - 3.5 mountains of various seeds - mustard, cumin, sunflower,?

"French Milk" (Lucy Knisley) - glass bottle of milk

"Girls for Breakfast" (David Yoo) - bowl of cereal, milk, and various non-food props

"The Book of Tea" - tea bowl, tea powder, tea whisk, tea spoon, iron kettle, water

"Haiku Not Bombs" - eggplant incised with haiku

"Mortar and Pestle" (Lisa Gill) - stone mortar and pestle w/ various healing plants

"The Missing Piece" (Shel Silverstein) - carved wheel of cheese and various shapes

"Crooked Cucumber" (David Chadwick) - carved cucumber

"The Cinnamon Peeler" (Michael Ondaatje) - grated cinnamon stick

"29 Cheeseburgers" - (Mark Lamoureux) - 29 sliders