Food designing and the possibilities of collaborations
You have being lucky lately, lucky enough to collaborate with one of the most interesting up n coming chefs of Sydney, and a creative Food Designer. This happened as part of a series of workshops organised by Anna Lise, of &Company. As part of an exhibition at Object Gallery, the young curator put together a […]
Day 2, making strings, and learning about corkwood
we went to collect a young Brown Kurrajong, Commersonia fraseri, also known as Black-fellow’s Hemp, as it was extensively used as a source of fibre. The branch is pounded with a rounded stone to facilitate the separation of the inner bark. You need to pay attention to not break the fibre in the process. The […]
back in Bundanon
In Bundanon for a week, the starting point of a project which sparked off from your involvement with SiteWorks (please click the link to know more). As a spin-off from the amazing laboratory that SiteWorks was, you and Jim Wallis decided to propose a series of mini residencies here, where you will look at the […]
the served meal
the served meal, originally uploaded by the weed one. The steak came from a friend about to go in holiday, either you took it or it would have been wasted. The greens were foraged on a bike ride along cooks river, they are Warrigal greens (Tetragonia tetragoniodes) and Fat hen (Chenopodium album) They made for […]
Toecutter’s garden
a visual essay of a friend’s garden, overgrown, and now curated by Mickie and Amity. In it thrives a mixture of botany, from declared weeds to old garden’s orphans, all happy and fertile, the local birds population is very fond of this garden, parakeets, magpies, and mynahs inhabit the trees and the grounds. Lots of […]
Weeds as a source for human consumption
From here Thanks to PFAF for the amazing work This paper was sent into PFAF by Martha Díaz-Betancourt Weeds as a future source for human consumption. Martha Díaz-Betancourt1, Ismael R. López-Moreno1, Eduardo H. Rapoport2, Luciana Ghermandi2 , Estela Raffaele2 and Ana Ladio2. 1. Instituto de Ecología, Ap. Postal 63, Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. 2. Universidad Nacional […]
on perMapOesiS
Natural Bitterness from Patrick Jones on Vimeo. a short video poem by Patrick Jones, permaculturalist, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, father, all of which in no specific order. ” the industries of spontaneous flora. an invisible abundance that greed ignores ” Read more here
First weedbook tour: Farm cove, The Domain and the now Royal Botanic Gardens
Getting ready for the first of a series of tours in Sydney, first up The Domain, this coming Saturday, still places available, book via education@mca.com.au or 9245 2484.. The Domain. This is a great way to start, as just over the ridge from where the meeting point is, ( the Art Gallery of NSW) is […]
On weeds etc..
And yet another great radio documentary by ABC Radio National, this time written and presented by Noëlle Janaczewska. Touching on many aspects of the complexities that weeds inhabit, from wildlife xenophobia to cultural heritage Vs environmental integrity, this documentary makes extensive use of film and music excerpt. You really enjoyed the impersonation of the legisaltion, […]
passing on some good writing
Patrick Jones is an artist, permaculturalist and dad from Melbourne. At the moment busy with the setting up of a food forest as part of the incoming show at the MCA, In the Balance, check out the progress here and some more of his writings here. Here you would like to share an article by […]
