Unusual Edition by Mr Everyday
October 4th, 2008 3:23 AMAnyway, I was thinking about a few different materials for this one. i had hoped to get my letter punches in time, but no go, so copper sheets were out (Maybe absurdum will do that). I tried cheese slices another day, but the ink take-up was poor, and the slices crumbled when the pages were turned. I decided it had to be a material both flexibile and able to take ink well... then it hit me - BREAD!!!
Of course I would have to do something to make it take the ink evenly. My Aunt at work suggested toasting them and using a permenant marker, but I wanted something a little more refined - besides, toast isn't flexibile enough... Finally, I decided that cutting off the crusts and squashing the bread flat would produce the best writing surface.
Trials proved that the ink take-up was superb.
Next I had to decide on a text. I concidered various recipies for bread, but finally decided on the parable of loaves and fishes - it just seemed right. Located the text online, got my pen ready, and was good to go. See pictures for the construction process...
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Thanks Waldo ;-> And the best bit is THIS time I got first complete... SO close for the code task.
Tomorrow I think I'll feed it to the ducks (though the ink might not be good for them).
This is so nifty and symbolic and all around cool.
Tapestries, uh?
Very cool. Any idea how long the book will last? It seems there might be mold issues.
I'm less worried about mold (if you squash bread it doesn't often grow mold for some reason) than about the issue of staleness. The cover has already gone stale, which means the edges are crumbly, and it no longer bends. Now, the cover doesn't really NEED to bend, but the pages do.
I was considering siliconing it, to arrest both problems, but siliconing spray often creates problems of stiffness too...
I'm still seriously considering feeding it to the ducks... possibly as bait for the "fishing" task (I need to think carefully about how NOT to kill or damage the ducks this time (Have hunted ducks for food in the past)).
The moral of this story is that bread books are best read while fresh.
This is brilliant.
I would have given it more points, but I don't want a completely empty vote bank...
I too would have given it more (Probably 5, this is win) but I have no points left.
That's the Loaves and Fishes story on a loaf of bread. That's kinda wild.
but i really like this completion.
's good.
damn that looks tasty! and it combines two of my most favourite things: literature and carbohydrates
Neat! I would never have guessed how good the ink uptake is for squashed bread.
Only if you squash it really firm and use a decent pen. I tried a couple of pens to no success, but the parker pen I use for signing cheques had just the right consistency of ink to make writing on bread a joy... Maybe they should use that in their advertisements...
Curse all those foolish zealots who would burn controversial bread to avert it's public consumption. Also, Wow.