For the love of art.

Growing up I never really thought of myself as the 'creative type'. All my life I have been very "academic" as they would say it. However, University was very confusing for me as I would always get distracted from my studies to get lost in painting, drawing and looking at the wonderful photos of food in recipe books and often found myself researching the next recipe for a culinary challenge. It was only after I had graduated from Uni that I really pursued my passion for food and explored the wonderful world of Art.

Art became an extension of myself. It was altogether a source of motivation, inspiration and an emotional outlet. Baking and cooking wise I found myself delving into exploring different flavours and finding ways  for them to compliment with each other. In my free time,  you'd find me wandering about museums and impulsively going into exhibitions gathering some form of inspiration. On the train ride to work, I'd be drawing on my book of anything that caught my eye on that particular day and other days with camera in hand, you'd see me wandering about Surry Hills and Darlinghurst taking shots.

Art made me who I am today. I'm lucky enough to know who I am because of it and a lot of people I know are still going about in their lives trying to find themselves. If only they had known of George Bernard Shaw that they would know that "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself". 


So when I find the same people who share the same insight in life and in art as I do, I feel a certain connection with them. One of them is Maie of maiden threads, an upcoming artist/designer whose creative genius is humble, interesting and inspiring. In her upcoming exhibition - FRIENDSofMAIDEN, they are showcasing a collaboration of different forms of art from illustrations to photography to videography to design to jewellery and fashion. She described the concept of the exhibition as an awakening, in which it illustrates a renewed perspective in life brought on by the people from all ranges of creative loci who has inspired her to develop her work, life and art.

In supporting this exhibition I had asked Maie to make her some cakes and just like in delightfully weird fashion and a little inspiration from the exhibition & Mr. Heston Blumenthal, I present to you...

hatched.

White chocolate & Raspberry swirl egg cakes