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      Korean Paper Accessories with Jongkuk Lee

      Korean Paper Accessories with Jongkuk Lee

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      In-person event
      Location: Create Space

      Included with admission

      This activity is for ages 12 and up.

      Make accessories using traditional Korean hanji paper with hanji artist Jongkuk Lee.

      This event is part of the opening weekend celebrations for PEM’s Korean Art gallery and Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams.

      Public programs with Jongkuk Lee are supported by the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, Korea.


      About our collaborator

      Jongkuk Lee

      Jongkuk Lee is the current head of Mabuel Gallery and a nature artist who creates crafts using hanji (Korean paper) from his home-grown paper mulberry trees. He also utilizes other natural materials such as bamboo and silvergrass to talk about the environment. In the late 1990s, he settled in Bulat Village, a town in Cheongju, South Korea, famous for its hanji, and has been carrying on the tradition of hanji making ever since. Since the late 1970s, Bulat Village had been losing its tradition as the demand for hanji has decreased due to urbanization and industrial development, but Lee’s work has helped revitalize the village.

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