Play At Home – Public Information Sign

“For this assignment come up with some simple but useful information that can be made into a sign and then install it in a public place for people to learn from and use. Think of information that you routinely wish you had, and provide it to the public.” As a twin, I am aware of

Play At Home – Encouraging Banner

“Think of a short encouraging or supportive sentence and make your own banner. Draw each letter of the sentence on an individual piece of coloured paper or squares of fabric. Hang the banner in a place where you or someone else might need some encouragement.” I went slightly off brief and made a banner that

Play At Home – Cloud Appreciation

“Find an interesting cloud, appreciate it and take a photograph of it.” Stratus and cirrus clouds with vapour trails over the horizon.

Play At Home – Mislabel an Object

“Visit a public location and mis-label an object found there as a historically or culturally important artifact.” St Paul’s Cathedral – a.k.a. Church of the Holy Rood Cuxham

Play At Home – Scientific Experiment

“Select a suitable subject to undertake a scientific experiment upon. Equip yourself with apparatus and protective clothing. Perform your experiment. I performed a scientific experiment to find the approximate pH values of various household liquids using red cabbage water. Pink/purple colours mean the liquid is acidic (pH 1-6), blue means neutral (pH 7), and green/turquoise

Play At Home – Cook Your Favourite Meal

“Think about your favourite meals. Choose one, it doesn’t need to be fancy, and cook ityourself.” I made a raspberry and nutmeg custard tart, adapting the Giffords Circus Cookbook recipe. Blind bake shortcrust pastry in a 20cm tart dish Make custard, keep an eye on it so it doesn’t boil over Put some crumbling raspberries

Play At Home – Repair Something

“Find something that is broken that can’t be used anymore; the kind of thing that you would usually throw out when it breaks. Imagine that you cannot easily get another one. Now repair it. Make it completely usable again. In fact, make it stronger and better than it was before.” I chose to repair and

Play At Home – Photograph A Scar

“Photograph a scar on your body or on someone else’s body. Make it a close-up shot so that it shows just the scar. Include a story about how the scar happened.” Jess’s Scar – Jess tripped on a step when she was little and hit her head on the edge. The cut was an easy

Play At Home – My Fridge

“Take a photograph of the contents of your fridge. Do not alter anything in your fridge beforehand.” Milk, tonic, water, yogurt, mayonaise, apple juice, curry, cinnamon bun dough, raspberries, lentil salad, pasata, green beans, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber, parmesan, butter, cheddar, black currents, custard, red currents, bramble jelley, branston pickle, ham, lamb, salad dressing.

Play At Home – Freckle Constellations

“Connect a series of freckles, moles and/or birthmarks on someone’s body using a ballpointpen. The shape that is formed can be abstract or representational. Draw this on someoneelse, not yourself.” I marked all the moles and freckles on Fiona’s arm and observed where they could be connected to make constellation shapes. As a finishing touch