The Art of Mexican Cooking
This was a commission for Gravy Spring 24. The piece, written by food author and chef Adán Medrano is about all the meanings that food has in our lives, not only as a mere survival skill but as Art, food as memory, food as identity and as community.
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The concept chosen talks about roots, identity, ingredients and art.
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The other part of the project was to come up with half page illustrations for each segment of the piece: Food as memory, food as identity and food as community.
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This is the cover for the Spring 24 issue that I designed as well - you can see the creative process here.
Thanks for watching! hope you enjoyed it.