Taste:
Grandville Island
Honey Mustard Pickle

Olive comparison

I never tasted fig nor passion fruits before.
Fig

Passion Fruits

Drinking Object:

The illusion of having more to drink is related to the proportion of the glass, and it looks fancier 😉

Taste:
Grandville Island
Honey Mustard Pickle

Olive comparison

I never tasted fig nor passion fruits before.
Fig

Passion Fruits

Drinking Object:

The illusion of having more to drink is related to the proportion of the glass, and it looks fancier 😉

Class: We went to the sea wall to experiment with different natural smells. During this exploration I drew the object that was representative of what I was smelling around me. From the sea salt to the woody decomposition of a tree.

When I came back home I went on a walk to my usual spot: Jericho Beach. A similar smell occurred to me. So instead of drawing them again, I drew a map of the smell intensity and space during my walk.


A palette of taste: Granville Island



The NEAT glass is a well researched and designed whisky snifter that maximizes the smell of whisky but not the ethanol smell. It holds approximately 1.5oz to 2oz at the optimal fill line. The revision incorporates a heavy glass bottom that maintains the surface area for smelling purposes and would hold roughly 0.75oz or even less.

The smell in Stanley Park by the creek. The colours are made with old cedar wood and moss.

The smell in Stanley Park in a stand of cedar trees.

The smell of the beach.

In class exercise
Tasting notes from our buffet


Colourised the buffet by taste and intensity. The size of the blob relates to how intense the flavour was (while the kumquat and green olive were amongst the smallest foods, they had the most flavour).

Drinking object

In class exercise: Documenting taste experience at Granville Island Market

At home: documenting taste experience of a raw yellow onion – a dissonant experience. Also comparable to the Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky.

Experience of eating a cooked yellow onion – a harmonious experience.
Drinking object – drafts

Lemonade drinking object – final design. The lemon scent diffuser makes it seem like there is always lemonade in the top, and the straw makes it seem like there is always lemonade in the bottom – a condition which would make it seem like the cup is always full.

Taste
In-class exercise
I use only one side of my teeth to eat so most of my taste sense concentrates on one side of the tongue. As different parts of the tongue have their own sensitive flavour, I conducted this map during eating. As the first thing-pickle had so strong flavour that it influenced later taste sensory. I still had the sour flavour in my mouth while eating sausage.

Drinking object

First was our group pickle. This was the spicy pickle but salt was the main flavor I experienced. I examined the pickle with tongue and tooth independently before experiencing the pickle as a whole bite.

Next was strawberry. My biggest observation was something that I wasn’t thinking about, but another student pointed out: that each strawberry, even picked at the same time from the same farm, was pretty diffrent in flavor.

The bagel was such a mixture of flavors that I don’t actually know how to describe with words that arent just a retelling of the ingredients. Experientially the difference between inner and outer texture was the most important observation. 
At home I decided to go for a cup of tea. The experience of the cup of tea changes with every sip, as the tea cools, steeps, and more.

My walk map in to different sound area on a beautiful sunny day.

Street Sounds in red

Bird sounds in pink

Boat Motor in yellow
The waves in blue

Class exercises at Orchard Commons:

Analysis of my house stairs:

Weird steps at the bottom

And a railing that can not be hold

Last one for fun: the weird dance to go to the toilet room
