Breaking My Spell

Fashion Shoot with Oddvar

breakingmyspell — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:23:41 +0000

Fashion Shoot of all Nine Costumes.

First Horse

First Walrus

Puffin

Second Walrus

Fox

Third Walrus

Reindeer

Fourth Walrus

Final Horse

What Does An Art Athlete Eat?

breakingmyspell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:07:53 +0000

I will tell you. I have been dining on fresh fish, salads, home made soup and cheese. Yes, cheese, one of the most perfect foods out there. I am not I am pounding whole wheels of it just a slice here and wedge there… I am going all day long, running around meeting friends, working on my walk and learning the geography. Since we are staying in a house, we are able to cook which makes our time here feel more cozy. Our fearless captain has been making us a big vat of fresh soup that we can slurp on during the day when we feeling peckish.

My latest food obsession in Iceland is the lobster soup. I have been trying it all over town to find my favorite place. We are on a mission to find a great fish monger. We are keen on trying to make our own version of this tasty soup.

Icelandic Fish Soup (from: Buzzle.com)
Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons Butter
1 small Red Onion, julienned
white part of a Leek, thinly sliced
1 stalk Celery, diced
400 mL Fish Stock
600 mL Chicken Stock
200 mL Cream
2 Shots Sherry
70 g Tomato Sauce
1 pinch Saffron
1 Tablespoon Tarragon Vinegar
½ Cup dry White Wine
226 g Flounder fillet, cut into small pieces
226 g salmon fillet, cut into small pieces
150 g Icelandic Shrimp (very tiny pre-cooked salad shrimp)
salt and white pepper, to taste
Parsley and Green Onion slices to garnish

Directions:

Melt butter in a large stock pot. Add the onion, leek, and celery, and sauté for 4 minutes. Add the fish stock, chicken stock, cream, sherry, tomato sauce, saffron, vinegar, and wine. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and let simmer for 6 minutes. Add the flounder and salmon and bring it to a boil again, then remove from heat – the fish will continue to cook with the heat of the liquid. Add the shrimp and let sit for about 2 minutes until the shrimp have also heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish and serve warm.

Serves 6-8.

The first sacrifice

breakingmyspell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:24:40 +0000

The first sacrifice made in the fairytale were the walrus tusks.

She exchange her tusks for some magic with Puffin. Here is what they looked like.

Here is another look at Puffin.

These beautiful pictures were taken by Saint Jodis.

Utsala!

breakingmyspell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:42:55 +0000

Utsala my new favorite music duo from Iceland.

Look for their tour dates soon…

Exclusive Muffins

breakingmyspell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:39:34 +0000

The Grey Cat is the word for breakfast in Reykjavik.

They are famous for the plate called the Truck which includes pancakes, eggs, home made toast slathered with the famous Icelandic butter and of course bacon. But, did you know they also serve the most elite muffins out there? They only make four muffins a day so you will be one of the lucky four to devour these delectable treats. It’s lovely. A sweet moist cake like texture with a citrus glaze on top. I was very excited when I was able to buy a set of them one morning and I had to share this edible treasure with you.

Polaroids

breakingmyspell — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:04:27 +0000

Here are some house photographs.

Saint Jodis brought her polaroid camera and we had a blast with it. Like a classic American shrine, we felt the need to put what we loved on the fridge, hence ourselves.

Dreamscape

breakingmyspell — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:17:56 +0000

The time right after a big art piece always feels surreal to me. I am still buzzing on what has happened but their is also flavor that is bittersweet. Being in the thick of the production of an art piece is the perfect place to exist. You can finally see all the pieces coming together smoothly but you still have the anticipation for the grand event. Now, I am in sorting mode with photographs and plotting out my next steps. I am still writing and re-writing the final version of the fairytale. Language is really important to me for the fairytale. I remember listening to stories and being enraptured by specific phrases and attention to detail. I don’t remember where I heard this particular version of Little Red Riding Hood but they described how her red hood had been lined on the inside with fur. That detail has stayed with me because from then on I would imagine what that must have felt like for her. The closer I can inhabit the skin of a character of a fairytale or any story for that matter the more invested I become. I really want to fall in love with my little story’s language, so I am sorry, but I have taken it off the site for now, until I feel more confident about it. I have some more pictures to share with you from the project.

Puffin, who traded magic for the tusks of the Walrus.

Walrus after she has traded her blubber for magic with the Fox.

Reindeer who will trade some magic with Walrus in exchange for her skin.

The Fairytale

breakingmyspell — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:27:36 +0000

Here are the first pictures! These were taken by Tyler, Korka’s husband. He walked a fair amount of the marathon to document the performance which was pretty fantastic. Thank you Tyler!

This is the first costume the horse before it falls under a spell that transforms it into a walrus.

Here is Jenalee and Kirk

This is Jenalee doing a transformation of make-up and costume change

This is Puffin

This is one of the forms of walrus

This is fox

This is reindeer

This is the crew

This is the final walrus

This is the final horse after she has broken the spell

Crossing the finnish line

Interview on Icelandic Tv

breakingmyspell — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:33:21 +0000

Here is the Tv interview! This was shot just before the marathon during my photo shoot with Oddvar. Check out my Pat Benatar make up, wicked!

The Medal

breakingmyspell — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:42:27 +0000

How often do you get a medal? I can’t recall the last time I won a medal for anything, I think this is my first one. I am so proud to have accomplished so much with this first third of the project and to get a metal on top of everything else is just cool.

p.s Sorry for the misspelling, I was not trying to be clever just being dyslexic.