Learning duck (2018). Brazilwood and onion skin dyes on corded and twined hanji. 6 x 9.25 x 5".

About

Aimee Lee is an artist who makes paper, writes, and advocates for Korean papermaking practices as the leading hanji expert in the English-speaking world, named an Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellow in 2019. Her Fulbright research on Korean paper led to her award-winning book, Hanji Unfurled (The Legacy Press) and the first-ever American hanji studio, located in Cleveland. She teaches, lectures, exhibits, and is collected internationally.

More about Aimee

Learn more about papermaking

Watch Aimee demonstrate some of the many steps to making paper in an East Asian tradition, as performed onstage for a live audience for The Sound of Ideas Community Tour in Cleveland, Ohio.

To see more videos about Aimee’s process, see PROCESS up top. To learn directly from Aimee, see workshops and courses listed below or contact her to schedule private classes.

Circular base twining by Aimee

Process

Hunk, & Dora, Chicago 2006

Performance

High spout teapot (2020). Corded and twined hanji. 3.75 x 8.25 x 6.25”. Private collection.

Hanji Art

Dog-eared (2019). Natural dyes and marks on hanji, thread. 34 x 23

Paper Icons

Noble (2017). Natural dye on handmade papers including hanji, thread. 16 x 18

Hanji Dresses

The Drama of a Few Square Feet (2020). Acrylic and gouache on Wake Robin papers, thread, marigold dye (6 leaves, mulberry & milkweed covers, milkweed endsheets, mulberry chiri pages). 5.3 x 4.25 x 0.5”. Private collection.

Artists’ Books

Chapter Sixteen (2009). Spun and knit hanji, pen on indigo-dyed handmade cotton/hemp/cattail paper. 4.75 x 4 x 2

Knitted Books

Duck & duckling teapot (2020). Natural dyes, corded on twined hanji. 5.25 x 8 x 2”.

Hanji Ducks

Hanji Unfurled Cover

Writing

Aimee makes hanji

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