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Bojagi artist, Youngmin Lee

Youngmin Lee, Bojagi Artist

March 14, 2017Joan 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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Sewing tools & thimble golmu

Those Blessed Beautiful Thimbles

July 27, 2014Joan SuwalskyKorean handicrafts, Korean symbols2 comments

When I think of a thimble, I imagine a metal cap that fits on my finger with indentations to help stabilize the needle I might be using.  Not so the Korean thimble!  Traditionally and even today, they are made of natural materials (often layers of stiffened paper) and then covered lovingly with brightly colored silk…

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May 17, 2017 — 9:30 – 11:30 am
Seoul International Women’s Association
Conrad Hotel Seoul
10 Gukjegeumyung-ro
Yeoeuido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://siwapage.com/activities/events/siwa-coffee-morning-201705/

October 27, 2016 — 7:00 pm
Making It Happen Outside the Box
American Chamber of Commerce in Korea Professional Women’s Committee
The Ritz-Carlton Seoul
120 Bongeunsa-ro
Yeoksam 1(il)-dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://www.amchamkorea.org

October 27, 2016 — 10:30 am
Sharing East With West
American Women’s Club Korea
Asterium Centreville Building
Hangang-daero-30-gil, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, South Korea
http://www.awckorea.com

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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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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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