Hanji Happenings

I was doing some  research recently at the Adelaide State library and I was surprised to come  across a poem about Hanji .  It was written by Suji Kwock Kim , and published in her collection of poems, " Notes from the Divided country' . She's a Korean American poet and playwright and has won numerous awards for her amazing work. This particular poem talks about the hardships of the papermaker and she dedicates it to Liu Yoon- Young. I found it fascinating and I'd like to share it with you along with some photos I took during my visit to Korea earlier this year. Hanji : Notes for a Papermaker           Shaped like a slab of granite           marking a grave, but light,           airy as "spirit-sheaves" lashed           from bloodroot or star thistle,   ...