meredith cutler :: arts marketing :: artist

I admit, I haven't been the best consumer lately (which in itself may be a source of D.I.Y. pride). Other than the finer basics in life, such as food, flowers and my wedding dress, I just haven't felt inspired to whip out the tired old debit card. Speaking of cards, and of wedding dresses, it's too bad that I have already sent out most of our wedding gift thank you cards, because these vintage-hued, hand-printed examples by Eliza Jane Curtis of Morris & Essex are just lovely:

Working out of her studio in Buenos Aires, she creates these and other designs using hand-mixed inks and a combination of printing methods, including screenprint, linocut and the ever-popular print gocco. I just love her woodsy color pallate!

Considering the snow forecast, I decided to forgo a dangerous battle with Route 128 tomorrow in favor of today. So, I'm here in the studio, enjoying a chilly early evening in front of the huge window.

It's time to replenish Crostini Designs inventory, just in time for Valentine's Day and Saturday's upcoming release of the City Sampler: Boston. Here is a sneak peek at a couple of the tasty new pieces I'll be adding to the store over the next day or so:

Ciao!

Since it's Christmastime, my daily task list has centered around creating (vegetarian, Jewish and Italian in-law-friendly) menus, shopping at various locations to support said menus, returning to said various locations to purchase the things forgotten on the first pass, consulting cookbooks in several languages, consolidating recipes into plain English,

slicing, peeling, dicing, pre-heating, mixing, seasoning, greasing, venting, rolling, baking, stirring, re-heating and refrigerating. Not to mention cleaning.

But I'd like to focus on the first part, as the theme leans graciously towards my ongoing (cellular phone camera) mini photographic series documenting the symbology of served food (i.e. playing with food).

There are a host of artists out there exploring food culture in other ways; ranging from amigurumi, like these crocheted clementines from Eternal Sunshine:

to tasty felt, such as this winsome irked tofu from Button Arcade:

to just plain fakin' it, like Jenni B Original's faux sweets:

...Excuse me, I must go floss now.