saturday 8 + 15 june (afternoon)

We are excited to present this special collaboration with our sweet friend Gigi from Damchi, we had so much fun at our last workshop together, we decided to do more! Have a look at our previous session together here!

On the first day, we will paint our own 'Memory jar' with Lina from Pansy.  We’ll reflect on our collective food stories, memories from childhood, favourites flavours, and learn ceramic glazing techniques combined with underglaze pencils to adorn your jar.

The following week, we invite you to make and assemble kimchi with Gigi from Damchi.  Learn how to preserve and ferment vegetables into spicy, yummy kimchi. At the end of the workshop, everyone will leave with a customised Kimchi jar containing delicious kimchi to endure this cold winter!

This workshop is a run over two sessions:

Saturday 8 June | 1.30 - 3.30pm | ceramic jar decorating with Pansy
Saturday 15 June | 1.30 - 3.30pm | kimchi assembly with Damchi

Story of a Memory Jar:
Kimchi is traditionally designed to preserve the fresh harvest from late summer / early autumn for winter, providing a staple side dish. Kimchi is a medium that holds the memory of each year's harvest, kept in the kimchi jar and to be remembered during the cold, harsh winter.

While you eat your kimchi, you long for summer and the fresh, warm sunlights.

"When I am making kimchi in Amsterdam, I always think about home, my mum, and her home cooking. Based on that memory, I created my own version of the kimchi recipe, which I will be sharing with you. Every time I open my kimchi jar, I am reminded of home, my mum and my younger self." - Gigi, Damchi

About Jihyun
Jihyun (Gigi) moves to Amsterdam from Seoul in 2018.  As soon as she moved, she got a new name, Gigi, and that soon became her European persona. She is currently working as a freelance film programmer. In her free time, she likes to make kimchi and share with others. Gigi has founded her own kimchi brand called DAMCHI_KIMCHI in 2022 and now hosts kimchi workshops and kimchi pancake parties on sunny afternoons.