Mark's Journal

I mainly spent the week researching, reading and watching Situationist films. I continued my fresh food journey, and made an amazing meat...

It was a busy week of cooking again as I get used to buying fresh ingredients and making my own meals instead of mostly eating either pro...

I'm carrying on with my focus on reducing processed convenience foods, so I'm generally cooking more, and am also creating things to free...

I'm focusing on trying to cut down on convenience foods. I cooked steak and veg yesterday and am making a braised steak with the rest of ...

A week spent mostly writing and editing but everyday practice continued through personal behavioural change and community engagement. The...

I tried a new method of making markalade (which took longer than expected). I may not have added enough sugar, or maybe I added too much w...

I signed a petition to my local Federal-member of parliament about the proposed corporate tax cuts and I received a reply outlining the c...

I made a batch of soap with Noah. He chose red and white as colours to add in addition to the natural colouring. We made it with coconut ...

The Digital Art exhibition starts this week at Project Contemporary Art Space. It's the first time I've been outside the University to se...

I made a batch of soap for the first time in quite a while. I've been meaning to allocate an hour or two to do this but have been distrac...

I'm trying to use social media to generate some interest from people. I would like individuals to join this alternative consumption commu...

I decided to spruce up some old clothes that are stained or just in need of revitalising. I broke out the spray bottles and laid down som...

I had my first attempt at making toothpaste today. I'll let it set overnight before giving it a test tomorrow. Fingers crossed that it ta...

I experimented a little more with natural dying during the week. I had made some blackberry jam, and after extracting the seeds I ended u...

I took full advantage of the blackberries I used for making jam. I kept the seedy pulp (strained out) and used it in a natural-dying expe...

Tracey Emin is well known for her autobiographical approach to art. Her work deals with life from a personal perspective. She is best rem...

My pictures are on the far wall with the black frames. 12/3/2018 - Monday I went to Project Gallery and dropped off the two digital print...

There was a great deal of preparation leading up to our interactive pancake making installation. We designed this work to encourage parti...

I made some great strawberry jam early in the week, went to the International Women's Day Exhibition at Project gallery and digitised som...

19/2/2018 - Monday I went to get last minute prizes for tomorrow. 17 treasure prize packs consist of an insulated travel cup, a jar of ma...