Monday 17 May 2010

1ST CRIT



LOOKING GOOD.
BUT...

HOW WILL I DISPLAY THE QUESTIONS?

HOW WILL I MAKE A NON-STICK BOARD? PLASTIC, GREASEPROOF PAPER, STICKEY BACK PLASTIC


Wednesday 12 May 2010

WORD SEARCH AND ANSWERS



THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR MY WORD SEARCH :

1. What did Mr Brown call Gillian Duffy?

2. Marie Antoinette never actually said “ Let them eat...”

3. JFK’s Jam Donut.

4. Prince Phillip in China

5. “These ... must be stopped.” John Speller MP

6. Edwina Currie MP gets egg on her face.

7. Gerald Ratner describing his products.

8. Bill Clinton denied haveing these.

9. Dan Quayle’s famous correction.

10. John Major describing his cabinet collegues.


N.B. one answer is missing

OLD FONT




LOOKING AT ALL THE TOFFEE LETTERS IN ROWS REMINDED ME OF OLD FASHIONED LETTER FORMS USED FOR PRINTING .

252 TOFFEE LETTERS




GAFF WORD SEARCH





SO I HAVE DECIDED TO CREATE A GIANT EDIBLE WORDSEARCH FULL OF POLITICAL GAFFS, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE TOPICAL AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO "EAT THEIR WORDS" OR TAKE A FEW BACK. DAVID CAMERON SAID TODAY IN HIS FIRST SPEECH AS PRIME MINISTER OF A COALITION GOVERNMENT

" IF IT MEANS SWALLOWING SOME HUMBLE PIE AND EATING SOME OF OUR WORDS..."

SO I CREATED THIS GIANT GRID FOR MY WORD SEARCH!


Sunday 9 May 2010

A-Z CUTTERS




AFTER TESTING THE MOULDS I CONSIDERED OTHER WAYS OF CREATING LETTER FORMS THAT ARE EDIBLE. SO I HAVE CONSIDERED THE CLASSIC COOKIE CUTTER. MAYBE I COULD CREATE MORE SUCCESSFUL FOOD LETTERS USING THE CUTTERS, HOWEVER COOKIES DON'T HAVE THE WOW FACTOR OF THE 3D CHOCOLATE AND TOFFEE LETTERS. MMMM.

TOFFEE TEST





SO I WAS THINKING WHAT SORT OF FOOD WILL GO IN TO THE MOULDS AND WHEN COOLED HAS THE SAME RESULTS ARE PROPERTIES AS CHOCOLATE. SO I TRIED OUT TOFFEE AND WELL, THIS SEEMED VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I COULD USE IT TO CREATE LETTERS FREE HAND, MUCH LIKE THE DUTCH DESIGN COLLECTIVE 'AUTOBAHN' WHO CREATED 'ELVETICA FONTS USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS. MAYBE I COULD CREATE A 'TOFFELVETICA'!