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The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents Hanji: Paper Compositions
Event Details
Date : 10 June – 13 August
Venue : Korean Cultural Centre
Private View : 6:00-8:00pm 10 June
The Korean Cultural Centre, UK presents Hanji: Paper Compositions, an exhibition that explores the possibilities of traditional Korean paper, or hanji. The exhibition approaches hanji as a versatile material, and features the work of over 20 internationally recognised and emerging artists whose mastering of various hanji techniques allows them to push the boundaries of making processes and practices.
While hanji was originally enjoyed by the royal family and nobility, its uptake became more widespread during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) when craftspeople, engaged with making goods for everyday use, took to recycling paper from discarded, old books. The paper products they created ranged from shoes, briefcases and ornamental objects, to lamps, basins, and even water buckets. The making techniques devised by artisans using hanji, which include jiho, jiseung and jeonji, have been developed over time ever since.
Through spotlighting methods of making, the Hanji: Paper Compositions exhibition presents audiences with the rare opportunity to encounter art and craft practices, all the while revealing the intricacies of creating paper-based works.
*Hanji: Paper Compositions is a special exhibition that is also touring to the Korean Cultural Centres in Italy.
Participating Artists
Cho Byung Guk, Choi Sung Rok, Jang Eung Yeol, Jeon Hye Kyoung, Jung Ji Youn, Kang Young Sook, Kim Eun Hee, Kim Han Su, Kim Jung Soon, Kim Keum Ja, Kim Yang Hee, Kim Weon Ja, Lee Bu Ok, Lee Gun Hee, Lee Ji Hyun, Lee Sun Kyung, Oh Myung Hee, Park Chul, Park Dong Sam, Moon Yeon Hee, Moon You Mi, Na Seo Hwan.
Bespoke Goods specializes in crafting fine leather goods for writers, artists, and winemakers. In the Old World Tradition, we use only premium full-grain leathers and all natural vegetable dyes to ensure the longevity of the product. While more costly to source, a single, solid hide represents the ultimate in aesthetics and durability. Moreover, we source our leathers locally so that we can select the choicest hides. Each piece is unique as an artisan hand cuts and hand dyes the hide to bring out the leather’s best qualities.
Bespoke Goods only practices vegetable tanning. It is the most traditional way of tanning hides. Using skilled artisans, the tanning process is done by hand. Unlike chrome tanning, vegetable tanning can take up to 60 days to produce a piece of dyed leather. Vegetable tanning uses natural ingredients, such as the bark of chestnut trees, to tan the leather. This means the finished product colour is usually warm, rich tones of natural, orange hues and deep, rich browns. As the vegetable tanning process is time consuming and requires skilled artisans, leather goods produced this way are very expensive to produce and production is limited to small batches. Vegetable tanning is usually reserved for very high end, luxury leather goods.
This was my final typography composition. I has to capture the 'essence' of the font by highlighting features which I found relevant and intriguing. My final work was meant to highlight the fancy, elegant elements of the typeface which referred to the arrogance of the environment it is most commonly integrated into- the fashion industry.
The Korean Cultural Centre UK presents Hanji: Paper Compositions
Event Details
Date : 10 June – 13 August
Venue : Korean Cultural Centre
Private View : 6:00-8:00pm 10 June
The Korean Cultural Centre, UK presents Hanji: Paper Compositions, an exhibition that explores the possibilities of traditional Korean paper, or hanji. The exhibition approaches hanji as a versatile material, and features the work of over 20 internationally recognised and emerging artists whose mastering of various hanji techniques allows them to push the boundaries of making processes and practices.
While hanji was originally enjoyed by the royal family and nobility, its uptake became more widespread during the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) when craftspeople, engaged with making goods for everyday use, took to recycling paper from discarded, old books. The paper products they created ranged from shoes, briefcases and ornamental objects, to lamps, basins, and even water buckets. The making techniques devised by artisans using hanji, which include jiho, jiseung and jeonji, have been developed over time ever since.
Through spotlighting methods of making, the Hanji: Paper Compositions exhibition presents audiences with the rare opportunity to encounter art and craft practices, all the while revealing the intricacies of creating paper-based works.
*Hanji: Paper Compositions is a special exhibition that is also touring to the Korean Cultural Centres in Italy.
Participating Artists
Cho Byung Guk, Choi Sung Rok, Jang Eung Yeol, Jeon Hye Kyoung, Jung Ji Youn, Kang Young Sook, Kim Eun Hee, Kim Han Su, Kim Jung Soon, Kim Keum Ja, Kim Yang Hee, Kim Weon Ja, Lee Bu Ok, Lee Gun Hee, Lee Ji Hyun, Lee Sun Kyung, Oh Myung Hee, Park Chul, Park Dong Sam, Moon Yeon Hee, Moon You Mi, Na Seo Hwan.
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