On August 7-8, at the Morgan Conservatory, Aimee Lee '99, the leading US hanji (Korean handmade paper) researcher, will guide students through the process of preparing fiber from mulberry bark, making sheets using the unique side-to-side Korean formation method, and drying hanji. Students will also be introduced to joomchi, which is paper felting, and jiseung, which is paper weaving. Korean papermaking, descended from China and a precursor to Japanese papermaking, has a long and illustrious history. With the rise of industrialism and modernization, it receded into obscurity but is still practiced today in countryside mills. This class is an excellent introduction to eastern papermaking and low-tech applications for handmade paper.
What a fabulous opportunity!
Here is the link to the classes and workshops: http://www.morganconservatory.org/tabs4-lst.html
If you click on "Hanji: Korean papermaking, felting, and weaving," you can see the class description
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