In this workshop participants will work with a traditional eggless, durum wheat pasta dough to learn handmade pasta techniques. We will explore the poetic and sculptural potential of the material as a means to better understand the relationships between form, material, body, and landscape inherent to cuisine. We will begin with a talk to orient […]
Join Oko Farms in learning the slow craft of processing cotton by hand. Together, as beginners, participants will use traditional methods and tools to gin and spin the fiber into yarn. Participants will be be guided through the process by Kenn Pan, a textile artist and an Oko Farms’ Artist in Residence. Kenn is part […]
During the process of papermaking, water moves like oscillating currents. Fiber, pulp, equipment, and tools come together with the flow of water in the hands of a papermaker. In the water, fibers circulate and then connect and form bonds. In papermaking, water ebbs and flows, like river currents or the tide, making things completely different. […]
Sally Barnes, founder of Woodcock Smokery, a champion of wild fish, and Ireland’s most revered artisan fish smoker, is coming to Platform by JBF in partnership with Bog & Thunder, an eco-culinary tourism company focused on Irish food, culture, and sustainability. Barnes, who has been smoking wild fish in West Cork, Ireland, for over 40 […]