Not every pair of eyes can appreciate the poeticity of fresh ingredients. The person I am drawing this for undoubtedly, ceaselessly, and wholeheartedly does. As a full-time mother, cat-person, and home cook, she is captain of the ship, her dishes brimming with unending warmth and tenderness. The domestic life are many things, but her vow to her family's happiness takes the shape of hearty lunches and dinners. As somebody who is verbally awkward, I infused the appropriate genre of affection in these drawings as a token of appreciation for a mother's craft.
Dish Sleepers, Episode 3
An Unusual Mattress
"Meo has never laid her belly on a mattress quite like this one, she doubts if it is any mattress at all—it feels stiff to the touch, and the wavy textures are rather unusual, but still she finds it oddly comfortable. Scattered on top of her are some warm... stuff. Meo snickered in her sleep as she pictures herself as an oven-roasted turkey, set as a centerpiece dish on a Christmas dinner table, garnished in all manners of aromatic herbs and spices..."
Dish Sleepers are prints designed as complementary cards to a ceramic plate set, as a birthday gift to a very particular mother figure—starring her feline companions, siblings Biu, Caka, and Meo. Despite the series comically portraying them entangling themselves with the ingredients, they are actually the well-mannered type, mindfully steering clear of the dining table and the kitchen counter, perhaps even sharing her sentiment on food and spices.
May she forever be as high-spirited as her dishes are nutritious. Happy birthday.
24 . 03 . 2024
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As a triptych, Dish Sleepers is a summary of the household's narrative—a tale of interspecies gastronomes.
15 . 02 . 2024
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