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2018 Pyeongchang Olympic flame moon jar cauldron

The Olympic Moon Jar: Serene Beauty in the Night Sky

February 21, 2018Joan SuwalskyContemporary Korean art & crafts, Korean handicrafts1 comment

On February 9, Yuna Kim, Korea’s beloved 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s figure skating ignited the Olympic Flame during the dramatic opening ceremonies of this year’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It is fitting that a spokeswoman for Korea’s ever-increasing contemporary presence on the world stage should light a vessel that symbolizes Korea’s…

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Korean Ceramic Art in Washington, DC — The Pottery of Jong-neung Lee

October 3, 2015Joan SuwalskyKorean handicrafts, UncategorizedNo Comments

I recently attended a beautiful exhibit of Korean pottery at the Korean Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.   The KCC makes a special effort to showcase the work of Korean and Korean-American artists working in many different media, introducing them to local audiences.  On this particular night the work of Jong-neung Lee filled both galleries…

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Korean Art in Surprising Places

August 3, 2014Joan SuwalskyContemporary Korean art & craftsNo Comments

Both Debbi and I have been collecting books about Korean art, handicrafts, and culture for years, but for the most part we’ve found them in Korea and lugged them back home.  When we set out to write 100 Thimbles in a Box, we did some research to document our impression that there are relatively few…

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100 Thimbles in a Box: The Spirit & Beauty of Korean Handicrafts

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Announcing Our Next Book!

October 16, 2018Debbi Kent

We’re very excited to introduce our next book! What we learned about Korea’s symbolic animals while researching 100 Thimbles in a Box inspired us to feature them in a series of children’s stories we are calling the Ginkgo Tree Tales. Illustrated by the gifted Korean artist, Lee, Woong Ki, these are not retellings of traditional folktales,…

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A Robe of Many Colors: The Embroidery of Han, Sang-soo

March 25, 2018Joan Suwalsky

In December I had the great pleasure of visiting the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (http://www.asianart.org) for a special exhibit of Korean clothing. Couture Korea (http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions/couture-korea) was curated by Han, Hyonjeong Kim, Associate Curator of Korean Art at the Museum in collaboration with the Arumjigi Culture Keepers Foundation in Korea (http://www.arumjigi.org/eng/introduce/intro.php). Running from November…

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