Natural dyeing women in Korea Visits with Cho Misook (chomisook.com/) and Jang Sou-jou of Kindigo (kindigoglobal.imweb.me/about), both expert dyers, in Yangpyeong and Hongcheon. So well cared for by these skilled, strong, hardworking women. May 7-8 and June 19, 2021.
AIEA Trip; Andong After translating at a visit to Andong Hanji, I got to tag along with the American International Education Administrator grantees in Korea for PY2009 during their tour of Andong’s Hahoe Maeul and a Confucian study center. June 20, 2009.
Bongwonsa: visit to Seoul temple A March visit to Bongwonsa, a Buddhist temple of the Taego Order, after seeing the painting studios of the son of one of its foremost late monks. March 2009.
Temple visit in SE Korea A weekend visit to Youngdam Sunim at her Buddhist temple, nestled in the mountains of southeastern Korea. She is an expert papermaker and has a beautiful paper gallery on site. October 2008.
Paper Road Exchange The Silk Road Cultural Festival in Korea, which displays the cultures of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Zarif Muhtorov of Uzbekistan and maker of Samarkand paper, and Jang Yong Hoon, an intangible heritage practitioner and maker of hanji, presented a paper exchange at the National Palace Museum in Seoul. November 28, 2008.
Wonju Hanji Festival A brief visit to an annual Hanji festival in Wonju, a small city about 2 hours from Seoul via bus. September 27, 2008.
Andong Hanji A visit to the largest handmade paper factory in Korea: Andong Hanji. They have about 20 employees, ranging from paper technicians to artisans who create a wide array of hanji objects that are for sale on site. There is also a large museum space and areas for children to learn how to pull paper. November 2008.
Hanji in Uiryeong by Shin Hyun-se A visit to a traditional Korean papermaker, Shin Hyun-se, in the southernmost province of mainland Korea. Bo Kyung Kim of Fides International invited me to a video shoot of the process of making hanji. Few practitioners are left today, and this particular one supplies Fides with high quality conservation-grade paper.
Persimmon Festival Two days at the Cheongdo Persimmon Festival, where I helped out at a hanji (Korean handmade paper) booth. This region of Korea is renowned for its persimmons, whose trees grow all over the area. October 2008.
