Jiseung in the mts 2014 Three+ weeks of daily study in the mountains of Gangwon-do, making woven hanji objects using the jiseung technique. Oct/Nov 2014.
Kadoide Washi 2014 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. kadoidewashi.com/
Oguni Washi 2014 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.
Morgan hanji making, May 2013 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.
Morgan Conservatory Kozo Harvest 2013 The annual kozo harvest at Cleveland’s Morgan Conservatory in Ohio. Staff, volunteers, friends, interns, and students come by to help prepare the year’s paper mulberry batch for papermaking. Nov 2013. morganconservatory.org/
Korean Papermaking Goes West: Building the Anne F. Eiben Hanji Studio in Cleveland HPM hanji studio 2012Download
Hanji in Cleveland, fall 2011 A visit to the hanji studio at the Morgan Conservatory to make hanji and do demos for their annual Open House in early October.
How to cut down hanji to make cords Step by step instructions for how to cut down a long sheet of jiseung-ji to make paired strips of hanji in preparation for cording (for jiseung, formally known as noyeokgae).
Jiseung: One Journey into the Korean Art of Weaving Paper Bull and Branch 2010 jiseung articleDownload
Wonju Trip May 2009 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
