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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Heading somewhere
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 Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: Hanji |
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Greetings,
I am really interested in studying this art form. Is there anyone out there, in the Seoul area, studying it or have studied it? Of course lessons in English would be the best.
Regards,
Kate |
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joe_doufu
Joined: 09 May 2005
Location: Elsewhere
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| There's a book (workbook really) called Reading & Writing Chinese which you can get in most bookstores in the USA or China. Here I think it's called Reading & Writing Kanji (for all the Japan fetishists among our foreign community). If you flip through the book you'll see there's a lot of "grids" featuring the characters as drawn by pencil (not brush) so you can see the stroke order. That was my intro to writing Chinese years ago. Naturally, the best place to study this is going to be a country that really uses it - Japan, China which uses simplified characters, or Taiwan/HK where they use traditional characters. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't Kate mean the papercraft? I was taught at a homestay, but the Korean who taught me learned at the local Gu cultural center. I have also seen classes at the cultural center of a large department store.
What city are you in? |
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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Now Mostly @ Home
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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www.hanjisarang.com is a studio based in Insadong - they teach and sell tools for it.
There was also a little studio on Itaewon-ro, opposite dunkin donuts, up the stair just to the right of the photo studio on the corner. Might not be there now. Very helpful lady.
Actually, my last flight out Inchon there was a Korean craft booth there and you could make a hanji box while waiting to board your flight!
Simone
No more time to craft. |
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject: Hanji |
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Yes, I do mean the paper craft. Thanks all!  I bought some supplies in Insadong and saw the school.
Regards,
K-in-C
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| simone wrote: |
| Actually, my last flight out Inchon there was a Korean craft booth there and you could make a hanji box while waiting to board your flight! |
That's really neat. Anyone know if it's still there and where it is? Swiss James?
It would be really great to have something to do when Air Canada flights are delayed for an hour or five or 20... |
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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| simone wrote: |
| Actually, my last flight out Inchon there was a Korean craft booth there and you could make a hanji box while waiting to board your flight! |
That's really neat. Anyone know if it's still there and where it is? Swiss James?
It would be really great to have something to do when Air Canada flights are delayed for an hour or five or 20... |
It probably still is - my guess would be to call the KNTO and ask - but that flight out was on June 12th, not too long ago. (I had a one week biz trip to Singapore - my first "real" business trip, so even though I wanted to sit and make something, I had to sit and eat with my co-workers. Last chance for Korean food!)
Actually, I saw in the KTimes, there's a Stitch and Bitch every 1st and 3rd Sunday at Our Place in Seoul. (Near the fire station, look way up.) contact [email protected]
It's mostly knitting and stuff, but I'm sure they'd let you hanji too. Just be careful with all that paste! 
Simone |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| simone wrote: |
| Actually, my last flight out Inchon there was a Korean craft booth there and you could make a hanji box while waiting to board your flight! |
That's really neat. Anyone know if it's still there and where it is? Swiss James?
It would be really great to have something to do when Air Canada flights are delayed for an hour or five or 20... |
This is the first I've heard of it- but then I don't hang out airside (the bit you get to after security).
I love all that Hanji stuff, the lanterns I bought for my family a while ago were really beautiful, and most of the pieces on that website look great. Surely it's pretty hard to do yourself though? |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Hanji |
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| K-in-C wrote: |
Greetings,
I am really interested in studying this art form. Is there anyone out there, in the Seoul area, studying it or have studied it? Of course lessons in English would be the best.
Regards,
Kate |
In Itaewon opposite the Hamilton is a good Hanji studio my wife went to for a long while. It is run by a woman called Song. You can find good details about it HERE |
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jinglejangle
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Far far far away.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:41 am Post subject: |
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Kate,
This may be closer to you.
In the Seong Nam shopping district next to Osan Air Force Base I found a woman who makes and sells beautiful hanji.
She also used to teach it, and she may know someone in your area. Suwon, right?
Unfortunately her card is all boxed up right now, but she does have a website.
I think the URL is something to do with paperart.
If I remember I'll post it when I get home in a couple days, but I'll probably forget.
Anyway, she's on a side street quite close to the AFBs main gate. |
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