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Han-Sang-soo Cranes embroidery

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

Joan SuwalskyContemporary Korean lifestyles, Korean fiber arts, Traditional Korean lifestyles

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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Youngmin Lee with community bojagi at LACMA Boone Children's Gallery

A World Record!

Joan SuwalskyContemporary Korean art & crafts, Korean handicrafts

In early 2017, we wrote about a friend of ours, Youngmin Lee, who designs and creates stunning hand-sewn Korean textile art in her home in the San Francisco area (http://100thimbles.com/youngmin-lee-bojagi-artist/).   In that article we mentioned a project that she was pursuing with visitors to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where she was…

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Bojagi artist, Youngmin Lee

Youngmin Lee, Bojagi Artist

Joan SuwalskyKorean handicrafts

  During a recent visit to San Francisco, my daughter and I had the great pleasure of visiting the studio of Youngmin Lee (www.youngminlee.com), a skilled bojagi artist born and raised in Korea and now living in the U.S.  Serene and soft-spoken, Youngmin spends up to four hours most days carefully stitching wrapping cloths, pouches,…

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