Sweet Squash Soup

The stall plans are coming on - we've even got the promise of a soup kettle now, so along with the camping stoves should all be ok. Have written up a soup recipe and done a little illustration for it. Also been stamping soup cups with the logo and circulating the information on e networks to hopefully get people coming along. Weather turning colder so soup will hopefully be the perfect offer for a cold day. Now just worrying about having enough big pans!

progress on the western front

We're actually making progress! I've bought all kinds of important ephemera (if that's not a contradiction in terms?), mainly from the £ shop in Witney....table cloths, jugs, rubber gloves. And with Martyn's help we've worked out that the stall can run in two phases (breakfast & lunch), and that the morning session will appeal to market goers with the later session being more about inviting people, especially artists, to join us. The technicalities of heating soup all day on a stall outside are my biggest worry - especially after a huge box arrived from the government Food Safety quango, with a 6 point plan just to explain how to wash your hands. Apparently it involves lather? The responsibility is huge, but we're trying to cope with it. Have also picked up the gazebo from Allie today and we worked out how to design the stall, with our soup can logo on laminated sheets hanging from a washing line.
So next thing is to mail out to everyone and post the event on listings - I'm hoping lots of artists will come along to really make it an Artists Soup!

The First Artist's Soup Blog

A first posting from artmummy on behalf of the Artist Soup Group! We are very busy at the moment planning our first public event, which will take place on 1st November at Woodstock Town Farmers Market and as part of Art in Woodstock 2008.

The Artist Soup Group are: Martyn Brown, Michael Harris, Janine Charles, Suzanne O'Driscoll, Alun Ward, Neil Smith, Rachel Barbaresi and a guest appearance by artist breadmaker Tom Cox.

The event, which features home made soup, artisan bread and artist's souvenirs - and hopefully lots of conversations, will aim to introduce the idea of soup as a metaphor for bringing together people and practice, through the gift of soup itself.