Korean Bookmaking

In “Korean Bookmaking”, students learned traditional Korean ink painting to create their own artwork, and then created art journal by binding these paintings with a Korean traditional bookmaking technique.

For the first half of workshop students learned basic techniques of Korean traditional ink painting by focusing on how to utilize and expand concept of lines, brush strokes and ink wash with new materials. Students then explored and applied these tools to create their own artwork in a given theme each class. This also enabled them to deepen their understanding of fundamental elements of drawing in terms of function, esthetics and philosophy.

For the second half of the workshop they learned one of the Korean traditional bookbinding techniques step by step such as backing, wrapping a cover with silk and how to use wheat paste and special brush for backing.

In this workshop, students not only learned the techniques of traditional Korean bookmaking but also reinvestigated the idea of visual journal.

Materials and techniques included working with Hanji (Korean traditional paper), Korean ink, Korean brush and Baejup (Backing-part of scroll making process – Korean traditional mounting with wheat paste)

I was thrilled to see final art works. All the students worked so hard with great enthusiasm, patience and strong engagement with the program. They understood nature and process of both Korean ink painting and bookmaking with amazing creativity. I am so proud of them.

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