Inspired by Chef’s Knives and Eggplants
This week our inspiration is a Chef’s Knife and the cult artist who creates them. A photo essay of cut hands and kind eyes. A muted gritty space and the kind intellectual man who inhabits it. Welcome into our home for a week of temptation inspired living and take a peek under the rug.
Behind the Scenes: Inspired by Corn
Behind the scenes with our week of corn inspiration. Photography by Tim Almodovar.
Video Journal: The Making of Jillian’s Story
Did you fall in love with Jillian as much as we did this week? Here’s a little peek behind the curtain as the Salted and Styled team brought a story to Jillian’s corn inspired life.
Corn Inspired Fashion: Jillian’s Vintage Dress
Photography by Chia Chong Words by Libbie Summers Fashion Picks by Brooke Atwood On Site Fashion Styling by katherine sandoz Model (Jillian): Kelley Adams Keller Jillian had been raiding her […]
How To: Jillian’s Organic Chic Corn Projects
Jillian admired the delicate corn-husks as she sprayed them with water then ironed them flat. After placing them under books for a night, she arranged the husks on the floor and carefully hot-glued each one to the next creating a large half-lace, half-lattice cover for the table she had just freshly painted her favorite color; lilac.
A Turned Table: Cornfield Luncheon
Photography by Chia Chong Words by Libbie Summers Photo Styling by Libbie Summers, Katherine Sandoz and Brenda Anderson Jillian loves surprising Jeff. Readying to meet his workers in the corn fields […]
jillian and the silo
Words and Artwork by katherine sandoz Photography by Chia Chong The minute she heard that her sister had begun labor, Jillian gathered her supplies and scurried to the just barely […]
Grilled Corn Salad (mason jar mint dressing)
Ingredients:
6 ears of corn
4 leeks, grill and thinly slice
1 pint grape tomatoes, grilled
1 jalapeno pepper, grilled and thinly chopped
1 head romaine lettuce, torn
Mason Jar Mint Dressing (recipe to follow)
Directions:
Soak corn, in husk, in water for 15 minutes. Place on kitchen towel to drain.
A Life Inspired by Corn and Love
BACKSTORY: Geoffrey doesn’t like anyone to know the actual spelling of his name, and prefers the less bourgeois “Jeff” (his pedigree determined years ago in a wealthy Chicago suburb). Jeff’s great grandfather, grandfather and father all held seats on the Chicago Board of Exchange and were not pleased when he decided to apply to Agriculture School at The University of Illinois (a state school). Jillian (Jeff’s young wife) studied art at a lesser known art school in the Mid-West where she met Jeff at a summer party in Saugatuck, MI. When everyone else was wearing notable designers, Jillian arrived at the party wearing a simple white cotton sheath with a small noticeable tear at the hem.
Mornings in Savannah (baked eggs and blue crab)
Blue crabs harvested from a single trap tied off a backyard dock –just fifty paces from the chicken coop.
