bid's bread blog

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Art inspired by bread

In my search for art made from bread I have discovered Jeph Gurecka, an American artist that makes art with food. If you read his short piece about why he uses bread, it seems to make perfect sense. I particularly like the piece entitled 'Memento Mori' where he creates bread and resin skulls and arranges them to make different works.

Check it out and email me - breadhead3@gmail.com - if you've got any bread art to share.

http://www.jephgurecka.com/sculpture-bread

A bread tweet

My Twitter friend, James Knight, is an excellent writer/poet. His latest idea is a 'myth mash-up' you send him two myths and he mashes them together. I sent him, The Feeding of the 5000 and Icarus. This is what he came up with.

'As he flew too close to God, the wax on his arms melted & the feathers fell away. Later, 5000 men feasted on the bread of his broken body.'

If you use Twitter, have a go. He's know as @badbadpoet or just visit here...

http://thebirdking.com/2012/12/10/myth-mashups/

CULTURE IS NOT JUST ABOUT YEAST!

A great article about bread

Thanks to Katy, who put me onto this.

This is a great article about the changing way that people buy bread. As someone who sells high-end quality, artisan bread I can vouch for the fact that people really do want lovingly made, reasonably priced loaves, and why not? I know for a fact that the bakers who make the bread, I sell, are passionate about their produce and put a great deal of hard work and long hours into creating beautiful, edible objects. This lost art is being championed again and like so many ideas of the past and more humble cultures, it is proving to be having a popular and necessary come-back.

You can buy artisan bread from me in Chichester on Thurs, Fri & Sat 10am-4pm from my pitch on Priory Rd. And look out for me in town in the New Year on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Read this and tell me what you think.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20527294?SThisFB

Careful what you wish for...

Friday 7 December 2012

Wow, a whole new medium I hadn't thought of - 'bread-music'

Thanks to Bart from http://www.waysideorganics.co.uk/page.php?pageid=home for these two gems. If you can think of any 'bread-music' let me know.

Thursday 6 December 2012

A great poem from Sandra

Here's another wonderful poem, featuring bread, by one of the Great British poets, Dylan Thomas. Thanks Sandra. Personally I love a bit of 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' this time of year.

Loving the new blog !

I like this one by Dylan Thomas.

This Bread I Break.

This bread I break was once the oat

This wine upon a foreign tree

Plunged in it's fruit

Man in the day or wine at night

Laid the crops low, broke the grapes joy.

Once in this time ,wine the summer blood

Knocked in the flesh that decked the vine.

Once in this bread

The oat was merry in the wind,

Man broke the sun, pulled the wind down.

This flesh you break, this blood you let

Make desolation in the vein

Were oat and grape.

Born of the sensual root and sap,

My wine you drink, my bread you snap.

Bit of a moody sod wasn't he ?!

www.breadculture.net

is good for proverbs about bread from all around the world.

Sandra x

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Bread in Art

Paul Cezanne, Bread and Eggs, 1865, Cincinnati Art Museum, USA

In my search for bread in art, I have come across this wonderful still-life by Paul Cezanne.

Why would an artist choose this as a subject for a painting? 'bread and eggs' simple easy fare, good wholesome food, a unifying factor around the world. What country doesn't have its version of bread and eggs? Who among us hasn't had this wonderful combination as a tasty snack. From boiled egg and soldiers to eggy bread, this is real comfort food.

How do you eat yours?