{"674799":{"#nid":"674799","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Virtual Artists Talk: Bast Fibers and Mexican Amate","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat is bast fiber? Bast fiber is obtained from the phloem, or inner bark, of dicotyledonous plants (flowering plants with net-veined leaves) and is used for barcloth, bark paper, textiles, cordage, and industrial materials. This virutal program will focus on bast fibers and how they are used.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/manila-folder.github.io\/\u0022\u003EJames Ojascastro\u003C\/a\u003E has a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He is a fiber botanist and paper artist as well, and will be sharing about the fibers used in creating Barkcloth and bark paper.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cekouatorigami.com\/about\u0022\u003ECekouat Elim Leon Peralta\u003C\/a\u003E is an origami creator and biologist from Puebla, Mexico.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis program is co-sponsored by the North American Hand Papermakers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOjascastro will discuss Bast fibers for bark paper \u0026amp; cloth, and\u0026nbsp;Le\u00f3n Peralta will discuss his\u0026nbsp;artwork and process for his\u0026nbsp;Papel amate from Mexico.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Join speakers James Ojascastro and Cekouat Elim Le\u00f3n Peralta while they speak about the Bark Rhythms: Contemporary Innovations \u0026 Ancestral Traditions exhibition. "}],"uid":"30829","created_gmt":"2024-05-17 20:12:22","changed_gmt":"2024-05-17 20:27:17","author":"Virginia Howell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-06-18T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2024-06-18T21:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-06-18T21:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-06-19 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-06-19 01:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-06-19 01:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Online","extras":[],"hg_media":{"674032":{"id":"674032","type":"image","title":"Cekouat Elim Leon Peralta","body":"\u003Cp\u003EArtist Cekouat Elim Leon Peralta shows one of his works.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1715976178","gmt_created":"2024-05-17 20:02:58","changed":"1715976383","gmt_changed":"2024-05-17 20:06:23","alt":"A man with shoulder-length dark hair, and wearing a multicolor t-shirt smiles at the camera while holding an elaborate origami hummingbird. ","file":{"fid":"257497","name":"Cekouat Le\u00f3n_2022.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/17\/Cekouat%20Le%C3%B3n_2022.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/05\/17\/Cekouat%20Le%C3%B3n_2022.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5020982,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/05\/17\/Cekouat%20Le%C3%B3n_2022.jpg?itok=Ax08-xm9"}}},"media_ids":["674032"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/m7p3bwz\/lp\/81c212a5-ffa8-49a7-81b8-cbd06fe617ae","title":"register here"}],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"},{"id":"508641","name":"Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188363","name":"rcw-news"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVirginia Howell\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-5726\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:virginia.howell@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evirginia.howell@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}