bid's bread blog: December 2012

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?

A beautiful poem about bread. and some!

You may or may not know it, but I also write poetry. In my search to find poems about bread, I have discovered this beautiful poem by W.S. Merwin.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171870

As with all poetry this work requires contemplation. For me it says something about the simplicity of life and how we can easily lose touch with this notion. What do you think?

All comments welcome.

email me your poems about bread or send me bread images - breadhead3@gmail.com

I'll be posting some of my own soon. Nice and quirky with a polite nod to the classics.

A great website all about Pedlary

Check out this website if you want to know anything about being a pedlar, its fantastic!

http://pedlars.info/

Becoming a pedlar

On Thursday I will get my pedlar's certificate. For the last year and a half I've been selling local produce from a plot of private land just off North Street, Chichester. After Xmas I will no longer be doing this. Instead, I will be selling freshly-baked Artisan bread in Chichester town centre.

I believe that in becoming a pedlar I have a responsibility to create a positive image. I want people to enjoy my street-presence, not resent it. Also, I want to have fun. I intend to write poems, collect stories, find facts and seek out images (all relating to the subject of bread)

I want others to do this to and this blog space will be the platform where all this information will be collated. I have no bias and am open to all.

If you want to tweet me you can here @breadheadbid or you can send me emails here breadhead3@gmail.com

Together we can create something beautiful, bid.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Calling all bread-heads

This is a new blog that aims to share all things 'bready' It is a platform, not just for me but for all to contribute anything and everything to do with bread; from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I hereby extend an invitation to anyone with anything to say or share about bread. Images, poems, facts, fictions, myths...absolutely anything and I will endeavor to publish it here.

You can email me here - breadhead3@gmail.com

love to all, bid x