notes from the culinary laboratory

tomato cannibal

studying for signs of a queen

with hands swollen from repeated stings, the bee friends tend to their hive. are all three queens m.i.a.? are there signs of swarming, or simply hot late afternoon agitation?

catalogued: fluffball project

for one month, i preserved tiny objects and thoughts in balls of string [see following posts]. a rather absurd form of time capsule. not especially protected. more about the act of hiding than preserving. a daily practice experiment. the fluffballs are roughly modeled after the red glitterball in my pocket. the images are displayed on four narrow blue shelves. the objects sit in a shallow box for easy handling by visitors. under this box, recipes written on tags hang off of 3 long nails.

fluffball 04.23

04.23.07 2:31-3:16pm

• pink lace from mouldy sprouts
• thread scraps from organizing supplies
• c.b.o.a.c. garden-found batting
• uncanny cotton
• hemp twine
• yellow embroidery floss

fluffball 04.22

04.22.07 3:13-3:56pm

• desk waste [including: tiny yellow flower petals, thread & floss scraps from previous fluffball making, human and feline hair, pencil shavings]
• pink mould lace
• uncanny cottonwood cotton
• batting
• hemp twine
• yellow embroidery floss

fluffball 04.21

04.21.07 5:22-6:17pm

• uncanny cottonwood tree cotton
• yellow flower petals [calendula?]
• mini fluffball [olive green]
• hemp twine
• olive green embroidery floss

fluffball 04.20

04.20.07 4:58-5:21pm

• cotton from uncanny cottonwood
• blue paint over white paint over rust--chipped off of work table
• c.b.o.a.c. garden-found batting
• hemp twine
• olive green embroidery floss

fluffball 04.19

04.19.07 12:41-1:11pm

• lace from mouldy sprouts
• uncanny cottonwood thread
• found batting
• hemp twine
• brown embroidery floss
• dark green mercerized cotton/poly thread

fluffball 04.18

04.18.07 5:28-6:03 pm

• cotton from uncanny farm cottonwood tree
• found batting
• hemp twine
• red embroidery floss
• shiny light blue thread

fluffball 04.17

04.17.07 12:08-12:39pm

• cotton from uncanny farm cottonwood tree
• found batting
• hemp twine
• shiny light blue thread

fluffball 04.16

04.16.07 11:19-11:40am

• c.b.o.a.c. dirt
• batting found in c.b.o.a.c. garden
• hemp twine
• yellow thread scrap
• maroon thread

fluffball 04.15

fluffball 04.14

fluffball 04.13

04.13.07 9:44-10:16am

• leftover thread scraps from previously rendered fluffballs
• polyester batting
• hemp twine
• lime green embroidery floss

fluffball 04.12

04.12.07 1. 4:41-5:12 pm 2. 5:12-5:44pm

• c.b.o.a.c. garden dirt
• polyester batting
• hemp twine
• shiny light brown thread
• same recipe for both--the second is the smaller one

fluffball 04.11

fluffball 04.10

fluffball 04.09

fluffball 04.08

fluffball 04.07

fluffball 04.06

fluffball 04.05

04.05.07 9:24-10:11am

• found raw cotton
• the key to unlock a lock
• lime green embroidery floss