—Fanny Howe, "Kristeva and Me" (from The Needle's Eye)
Some of historian and author Ella Hawkins's edible art, inspired by the history of European design:
Inspired by the works of Jane Austen and the aesthetic of the Regency era
Selections of illustrations from medieval illuminated manuscripts
Mimicking the gold and inlaid garnet cloisonné technique used in Anglo-Saxon jewelry, particularly the Staffordshire Hoard
Snippets of the textile designs of Victorian artist William Morris
Six European havdalah spiceboxes:
- Danzig, Poland, 1746
- Germany, 17th century. A later dedicatory inscription in Hungarian, partially erased: “Gift… on the occasion of the wedding… from Shmuel Altman and his wife…25”
- Silversmith: Mattheus (Markus?) Wolff, Augsburg, Germany. Late 17th century
- Germany or Eastern Europe, ca. 1840
- Germany, late 18th century (?)
- Austria-Hungary, 1872
