Upcoming Event // Book + Bread

Book + Bread Event @ Salt & Cedar: This Saturday, and Beyond!

Taking reservation for an evening that includes a locally sourced artisanal dinner,

and instruction in producing a hand-sewn, soft-cover 18th Century journal.

10 participants | $75 all-inclusive

Saturday | 2.23 6-11pm (a few seats left)

Saturday | 3.30 6-11pm

Saturday | 4.27 6-11pm

Located in Detroit's Eastern Market @ 2448 Riopelle Street.

Reservations: info@saltandcedar.com

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a couple more links:
- glimpse into a past b + b event: In Honor of Oscar Wilde
- photo credit @ Tom Culver of 89Vision Photography

Letterpress Workshop // Prove Your Love

My friend Tom and I are both currently interning at Salt and Cedar letterpress, and today we helped prep for the Valentine workshop event, Prove Your Love. After fresh cups of Great Lakes coffee, both he and I got to work by setting up a variety of paper goods for the class. 

To start the morning off, Megan O'Connell lead the group by explaining the letterpress and movable type printing process via hands-on demonstration. Each couple then had the opportunity to create their own customized valentine notes. Everyone was encouraged to take sporadic breaks to indulge in fresh sliced baguettes spread with a triple-cream brie, and topped with choice of raspberry jam, raw honey, salami and/or a balsamic vinegar. The students were really wonderful, and great times were had!

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upcoming salt and cedar events:

- advance base concert, february 15 @ 8 p.m. (purchase tickets here)

- book & bread, february 23 @ 6 p.m.

Rob Roy Kelly // American Wood Type

Rob Roy Kelly: American Wood Type Exhibition @ Salt and Cedar, Detroit.

Around the Studio

A few school friends and I have been hanging around Salt and Cedar/Market Studio Kitchen, a non-profit artist collective ran by Leon Johnson and Megan O'Connell, and wanted to document our time spent in the studio that afternoon. I absolutely love the space and positive energy instantly felt upon entering. They have such a great collection of artwork displayed and fascinating books to browse through, it's just the kind of place you could hangout in for hours and never get bored.

L + M arrange for many different monthly events that I've been helping out with in my spare time. If you're at all interested, come by tomorrow night (Thursday, December 13th) for an event called Healthy or Hungover. The night will entail a cooking demo lead by Nimai Larson of the Brooklyn based band, Prince Rama.

(december events calendar + more photos below the cut)

Creating The Slipcover

Now that the semester is almost over, I finally have time to post about what I've been up to the past couple of weeks. In my Detroit Methods class we've all been quite busy preparing for our final event that took place at MoCAD on Sunday, December 9th. In addition, we've been keeping documentation of all of our projects and events throughout the past few months and decided to put a class book together, which is still currently in the works.

Last week the "graphics team" of the class — Julie, Bianca and I — got together with Megan O'Connell of Salt and Cedar Letterpress to design and create the slip cover for the book. Prior to heading over, we picked up a couple of baguettes, brie, mascarpone, honey and a bottle of Chilean wine to sustain ourselves, which worked out well since we were there from noon till about 10pm.

B + B // In Honor of Oscar Wilde

This past weekend I attended a Book + Bread event hosted by Leon and Megan of Salt & Cedar Letterpress and Market Studio Kitchen. This particular Book and Bread was in honor of Oscar Wilde's birthday and consisted of a thoughtfully prepared four course meal, followed by a lesson in book binding.

Upon walking into the studio, everyone was offered a glass of prosecco and had a pleasant meet and greet to start the night off. Once we began to take our seats around the communal table, Leon spoke to us about Oscar Wilde. He once commissioned in Paris, France a few years back regarding Wild's tomb, which was quite amusing. Apparently the sculpture above his tomb was originally complete with male genitalia, but someone had vandalized it by hammering off it's angled bits. Well, Leon intervened with new silver genitalia in hand and named the installation, [Re]membering Oscar Wilde and even made a video about it!

After story time, the meal commenced. The first course was red and green stuffed pepper / second, fresh chucked oysters / third, lamb (or a portobello mushroom for us vegetarians), locally grown beats, potatoes and carrots / and the final course was a decedent cup of the most delicious creme brulee I've ever had.

We then gathered around the table again for a lesson in book binding. Since I helped with the evenings preparations, I had already prepare 45 signatures (in bookbinders' use, a sheet after it has been folded and is ready to be gathered) for the book we'd be binding. Sewing the signatures together might've went by a bit smoother had it not been for all the wine, but it was a fun and informative time, nonetheless! I always find it so inspiring how Leon and Megan talk about their work and projects with such passion. It was such a special event, and so great to be able to leave with a personally bound book in hand.


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Wilde's words:
-"One's own life- that is the important thing."
-"I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse."
-"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
-"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

In the Night of Fire

Lately I've been helping out/working with Leon and Megan of Market Studio Kitchen, a non-profit organization located in Detroit's Eastern Market. I—along with many others—helped prep for the benefit that took place this past Saturday, which entailed a silent auction with artwork from notable national and international artists, followed by dinner consisting of a 60+ lb. donated pig and locally sourced food from the Market.

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a few links: 

-learn more about MSK and upcoming events at their website

-a huffingtonpost article on what they're doing to better the community

-like them on facebook