Hanji Happenings

Here is a list of International Hanji Events for 2013 and their descriptions, written by the respective or ganisers    ........... if you know of any others  I'd love to hear from you so we can all share in what is going on in this every globalising world of Hanji. KOREA        Jeonju Hanji Festiva l   I've been to this event and it's absolutely amazing.  The Hanji  Artists   from around     the country come together to show their best work   for the year. I remember when I was in Korea my teacher was   showing her work and it was hailed as a must visit   event for anyone   interested in Hanji. The Korean Men and 'Ajimah's' are very  serious   about producing the  most amazing pieces of  furniture,  boxes,   screens  and lamps.  I was  blown away by what I saw.      When: - p...

I now have all the Hanji books I can track down on Hanji that are written in English.   It comes to the grand total of two. Please if anyone knows of any others please let me know!! Both books were published this year with 'Hanji' by Lee Seung-chul, in March, 2012 and 'Hanji Unfurled' by Aimee Lee, in October, 2012. As I said in an earlier post the other book I ordered, 'Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea' by Kim Youngna is an older publication from 2005 and I found no direct references to Hanji as an art-form.  HANJI was written by Lee Seung-chul and  it's been translated into English.  The cover states that this is .'..  the first  accessible yet comprehensive guide to the material experts consider superior to Gutenberg's metal-print paper'.  Professor Lee is a world renown expert on Hanji paper and natural dyeing methods and his soft covered book contains over 300 photo and illustrations with some Hanji paper samples...

I'm delighted to share with you the Press Release on Oct. 23rd, 2012 of a new English book on Hanji , by Aimee Lee. I wrote about Aimee Lee in my blog post,  Paper making... a short film .. ., on Oct. 6th and I was thrilled to hear from her this week about her newly released book which is now available. I hope that all of you who are interested in Hanji will support Aimee by buying her book. I've ordered mine already !! It's so important that more is known around the world about this wonderful product and how and why it can be used in so many different ways. Top Scholar and Artist Writes First American Book on Korean Papermaking (October 23, 2012, Ann Arbor, Mich.)  The Legacy Press has released the debut book by artist Aimee Lee about Korean papermaking called Hanji Unfurled: One Journey into Korean Papermaking (ISBN 9780979797446, hard cover, 208 pp, 10 x 7 inches, full color, 300+ illustrations, $35.00) .   In the first English-langua...