{"product_id":"hanji-unfurled-by-aimee-lee","title":"Hanji Unfurled by Aimee Lee","description":"\u003cp class=\"vcex-feature-box-heading wpex-heading wpex-text-lg wpex-mb-20\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Journey into Korean Papermaking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"vcex-feature-box-text wpex-last-mb-0 wpex-clr\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this first English-language book devoted to hanji, Aimee Lee shares her experience as a Korean–American artist and Fulbright fellow on her search for a traditional Korean papermaking teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf the handful of American hanji researchers, she is the only one to have interacted with Koreans in their own language while simultaneously learning the craft.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHanji Unfurled\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows her journey as she met papermakers, scholars, and artists from bustling cities to traditional Korean villages to Buddhist temples to island outposts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot only did she encounter the few remaining papermakers who still practice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewebal tteugi\u003c\/em\u003e, the indigenous Korean sheet-formation method, but she found teachers of a whole array of allied crafts that include\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ejiseung\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(cording and twining hanji),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ejoomchi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(texturing and fusing hanji), natural dyeing, and calligraphy. She traveled from the studios of living treasures to the homes of ordinary Koreans, illuminating an often-misunderstood culture through stories from its keepers of traditional heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oak Knoll Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44292887478387,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/9995\/3267\/files\/HanjiUnfurledCover.jpg?v=1770677686","url":"https:\/\/store.biartmuseum.org\/products\/hanji-unfurled-by-aimee-lee","provider":"BIMA Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}