A visit to Mungyeong Hanji in North Gyeongsang Province during the International Hanji Seminar. Mr. Kim and his father showed us their current paper mill as well as their old mill, now a museum, and the dak they had harvested and steamed outdoors. December 17, 2014.

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A visit to Kadoide Washi in Niigata Prefecture, headed by Yasuo Kobayashi, a venerated papermaking elder who has trained and inspired countless papermakers around the world. This visit came on the heels of the annual kozo harvest and also coincided with a group of Israelis traveling with Izhar Neumann, another papermaker who kindly interpreted throughout. Nov 2014.

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A visit with Hiroaki Imai, the head of Oguni Washi in Niigata Prefecture. He created an entire tour from Nagaoka City Hall, which uses Oguni Washi’s paper, to the Asahi sake brewery, which uses their paper for their bottle labels, to his kozo field, paper mill, and shop. Nov 2014.

A week-long visit to the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland to make hanji and related goodies. April 29 – May 6, 2013. Photos of Aimee by Mason, all other images by Aimee.

Visiting Kang Sung-hee and Lee Eun-young, a couple that does jiseung (known formally as noyeokgae) and lacquering in Wonju, with my jiseung and dyeing teachers. May 21, 2009