Edible Ampersand

02/14/2024

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Name · Custom Hand-lettered
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Sourced by · JessicaHische.shop
/products/lace-ampersand

AMPERSAND
Edible Ampersand No: 90
Posted · Feb 14 2024
MADE FROM · Rice
The oldest archaeological evidence of rice use by humans has been found in the middle and lower Yangzi River Valley region of China.
- ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The Edible Ampersand Project
started in 2018; bringing typography
and food together in harmony.

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This ampersand will be called ‘A Labour of Love’, for a few obvious and maybe not so obvious reasons. I can only imagine the time I would have put into this if I did not cut myself off as I generally only give myself a few hours on each of these ampersands. But I couldn’t help myself I think there was probably about 6 hours of trial and error. 

First off; when you put dry rice covered in glue onto paper it curls the paper over time… so you have to be sure to have a sturdy surface I used transparency paper (used for those old projector machines). I managed to find some in my office. It worked. 

Second, I also thought I would see if Jessica Hische (the superb lettering artist) herself would give me her blessing to use one of her custom ampersands. And she said yes!!! Oh hurrah. That made me so happy. I do suggest having a look at her work at https://jessicahische.is/ and her lace ampersand on her shop here: https://jessicahische.shop/products/lace-ampersand 

Lots of love goes to her for that! 

I put the rice on a white background as the original ampersand resembles a lace fabric. 

Lastly, I was going to originally do the piece out of sugar. Which of course who doesn’t love sugar. But because we are in the week of the Lunar New year I decided to go with rice. 

Chinese rice folk art dates back to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1636 to1912). And thought this was fitting as I could accomplish the intricacy of the ampersand with fine grains of Rice.

Hope you all enjoy! And Happy Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year to everyone who celebrates. Share the love y’all! And remember hugs are free!

01/23/2024

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Name · Argent CF Regular
Designed by · Connary Fagen
Foundry · connary.com/argent
Sourced by · fonts.adobe.com/fonts/argent-cf

AMPERSAND

Edible Ampersand No: 89
Posted · Jan 23 2024
Made From · Cranberries
Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, while in North America, cranberry may refer to Vaccinium macrocarpon.

The Edible Ampersand Project started in 2018; bringing typography and food together in harmony.

                 

09/22/2023

The City of Burlington for its 150th anniversary, has commissioned a series of public art pieces along The Beachway during Ontario Culture Days, running from September 22 – October 15, 2023.

A 3 week event, Culture Days is held in Burlington including arts and culture experiences outdoors, indoors and online.

As I noted on the sign I have a love for flowers, herbs and anything botanical in nature, and my passion project, The Edible Ampersand has been brought together here with edible flowers representing the beautifully green city of Burlington.

Learn more by visiting burlingtonpublicart.com

                 

09/08/2020

Hello all...I know it's been too long! But happy National Ampersand Day Sept 8th 2020. 

My husband and I are expecting our first child in November. Which explains the dry spell on this channel, but before the little one pops out, I will try and get in a few ampersands in a mini-series of my cravings during pregnancy. Hope you enjoy! 

First out of my Craving Edible Ampersand series is Fuzzy Peaches... yum!  A craving I had in the end of second trimester. 

I'll try to post as many of these as I can as I've had some weird and fun cravings I'd like to share with you. 


                                                         

02/16/2020

Who likes a little crunch in their salad!?!?!🥗🥗🥗🥗

Radishes The radish is an edible root vegetable of the family Brassicaceae that was domesticated in Asia in pre-Roman times. Radishes are grown and consumed throughout the world, being mostly eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable with bite. | WIKIPEDIA

Date: Sunday Feb 16 2020

Font: Courgette Regular

02/09/2020

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Happy Rocket Launch Day! A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the Solar Orbiter spacecraft for NASA and the European Space Agency. It will lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida during a 2-hour launch window that opens at 11:03 p.m. EST (0403 GMT) | Space.com

DATE: 9th February 2020
FONT: Courier New Bold



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02/02/2020

Lasagna; commonly refers to an Italian cuisine dish made with stacked layers of this flat pasta alternated with sauces and ingredients such as meats, tomato sauce and other vegetables, cheese (which may include ricotta and parmesan), and seasonings and spices such as garlic, oregano and basil. The dish may be topped with melted grated mozzarella cheese. WIKIPEDIA

DATE: February 2nd 2020

FONT: Flegrei Regular

01/19/2020

Cream cheese is a soft, usually mild-tasting fresh cheese made from milk and cream. Stabilizers such as carob bean gum and carrageenan are typically added in industrial production. Wikipedia

And even though tomorrow is national cheese lovers's day, some may say chream cheese in not the most authentic chesse but I still see it as cheese non the less. It's in the name!

Date: January 19th 2020
Font: Dancing Script



Bagel anyone?

01/13/2020

Please check out the Edible Ampersand Behance post here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/61416951/The-Edible-Ampersand-Project All appreciations are welcome!

01/13/2020

I have to say shrimp is one of my favourite snacks and I was happy to get these lovely 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 🍤 from my aunt this holiday. So yummy! Thx 😝

Shrimp are decapod crustaceans with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata. More narrow definitions may be restricted to Caridea, to smaller species of either group or to only the marine species. Yummy!

Date: Jan 12 2020
Font: Argent CF 400



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01/01/2020

Happy New Year
It’s been an amazing year with lots of projects and busy times! So this holiday I did slow down a bit and ofcourse dove back and made some ampersands. Gingerbread anyone?

I know it has been a while I will try my best this year to pump out as many ampersands as I can. But as we know it is a side project. To many more ampersands in 2020!

12/10/2019

When I began my business in 2014 I did not even imagine getting some of the recognition that I do, and I am forever grateful. I began the Edible Ampersand project to grow and educate myself first hand of the wonders of Food photography, which now has grown into a full blown side project. I have taken a little break but hope to get on the bandwagon soon with some fresh great Edible Ampersands! Thank you, A' Design Award & Competition.

Compliments to Ashley Anastasia Howell - Edible Ampersand, the Designer of the Day of 9 December 2019. You will want to see Ashley Anastasia Howell's profile and excellent designs at http://wwww.designeroftheday.com/?224833.

Read Ashley Anastasia Howell's interview here: http://www.designamid.com/magazine.php?pageno=969