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Books and typography on buildings!

noreply@blogger.com (Kavitha Shivan) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:53:00 +0000

Spotted these out and about in UK!

Windsor, sign for a toy shop, shot in 2008

Beautiful shop window in Newcastle, shot in 2008

Spotted this shop window in Windsor, summer 2008, on a long and lovely 3 hour walk from Slough! Is this the famous teddy bear shop?

Oxford (I think!), sometime in 2008

Eton (of course!), in 2008

On my first trip to London, in 2007

Cute looking wooden ducks in Oxford, 2009

Oxford Broad Street, 2008... brick-a-bracs day!

London, rainy August in 2008... One of those days when Dev always carried that umbrella, until it got lost! (How many umbrella's are you allowed to lose in a lifetime legally?!)

London, sometime in 2008

London, sometime in 2008. Love them in the movies!

Oxford, on the way to Cowley Road Festival 2010

London, 2008

Oxford, 2010, in one of the many small lanes!

Oxford,, 2010, on the way to Gloucester Green

Bubble and Squeak!

noreply@blogger.com (Kavitha Shivan) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:49:00 +0000

This is a guest post by Devanand Shanmugam.

The first time I came across this name in the menu was at a small restaurant in Oxford serving breakfast. I didn't know what to expect when I ordered it with a poached egg. The waiter placed the plate in front of me and I took a bite, it was one tasty meal and I polished the plate in seconds.

The name I believe comes from the bubbly-squeaky sounds it apparently makes as it cooks, but I never heard any! It is normally made with the left over roast dinner but can be made from the scratch as well. In parts of UK the dish may be referred to as bubble and scrape. I wanted to try it at home but I forgot about it until last Saturday. I checked for the recipe online and I got different versions of it. One thing I noted when I had this for the first time was that it was a bit bland. So I wanted to make my version of the bubble and squeak and this is how I made them.

This serves 2 people and is so easy to make.

Ingredients
4 medium sized potatoes
1/4 part of cabbage
2 green chillies (de-seeded)
1/2 tea spoon turmeric
1/2 tea spoon chilli powder
1/2 tea spoon garlic powder or finely chopped garlic
1 tea spoon freshly ground pepper
and some salt to taste

How to make

Boil the potatoes with the skin until they are soft
Cool them for a while; peel and mash with hands
Grate the cabbage and mix with the potato
Add turmeric, chilli powder, garlic powder and the chillies and mix well in a non-stick container using your hand
Add a spoon of sunflower oil to a non-stick pan
Make small patties using both the hands and fry for 2-3 minutes on both sides
Your Bubble and Squeak is done

Enjoy this scrumptious breakfast!

Arty Potter

noreply@blogger.com (Kavitha Shivan) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:46:00 +0000

Series of typography based doodles on the Harry Potter book. I hope J. K. Rowling forgives as this was done for a personal art project and the result was quite satisfying, I should say!

The Oxford Empty Spaces Arts (TOES)

noreply@blogger.com (Kavitha Shivan) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:28:00 +0000

TOES (The Oxford Empty Spaces) arts exhibition was an initiative by a group of artists, to use empty shops in Cowley / Oxford area as art galleries.

Date: Sunday the 4th of October to Saturday the 28th of November 2009, for 8 weeks.

Templars Square had kindly given us the gallery space and The Oxford City Council's 'Arts Development Fund' funded the project in 2009.

TOES took off in February 2009, after Templars Square shopping centre in Cowley allowed us to use one of their vacant shops as a temporary viewing art gallery.

There seemed to be a noticeable increase in the number of empty shops, and a few art enthusiasts waiting to make use of the space for creative activities in Cowley. The TOES artists displayed art, sculpture and installations in the empty shop and generated community interest that the public found interesting and engaging.

The participating artists were from varied backgrounds and disciplines. A variety of display created a brief ‘art stop’ for visitors in Oxford, and also promoted new artists' works.

Artists:

Anashrita Henckel
Andrew Martin - http://www.agmphotography.co.uk/
Anne Wood
Bharat Patel - click his name on this link -http://www.oxfordphotosociety.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=53
Bob Tuffin - http://www.btwiresculptures.co.uk/1.html
Debbie Scrivener
Deirdre Ruane - http://www.epiphanycast.com
Devanand Shanmugam
Diana Lewis
Elena Henshaw - http://elenahenshaw.co.uk/
John Smith
Kavitha Paramasivan - http://www.bottomofmyart.com/
Lisa Moreton
Michael Liebermann
Nigel Clark
Patricia Curtis
Samson Kizito
Sara Wallcraft
Tamas Malomvolgyi - http://www.tamas.co.uk/
Thomas Capon
Toby Robson and John Hardy - website not yet lauched, but look out for http://blackandwhitecasting.co.uk/
Virgil Dyson - http://virgildyson.com/
Wendy Markham