About the Authors
Debbi and Joan are both adoptive parents of children born in Korea and became fascinated by Korean culture when their children, now young adults, arrived home. Firm believers that internationally adopted children should grow up literally “bumping into” their cultural heritage, they began learning about Korean culture and, particularly, about Korean handicrafts and artistic traditions. Traveling frequently to Korea to learn more, they filled their homes with Korean artifacts and began teaching about Korean art to adoptive families in the Washington, DC area. As they delved deeper into the subject, they acquired large collections of books, met and learned from a number of artists in Korea, and eventually decided to write this book in response to many requests. It was truly a labor of love, and it is their hope that through their images and words, their readers will come to share their appreciation for the beautiful handicraft traditions of the ancient, yet very modern, “Land of the Morning Calm.”
