Date:
Friday, May 13, 2022 – 12:30 to 13:00
Location:
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, 500 10th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
Summary Sentence:
An informal talk about the redevelopment of historic papermaking practices in Korea
Contact:
Dr. Oh-Kyu Lee will share his experience in rediscovering how to make certain types of Korean traditional paper called Hanji. In the past, there were more than two hundreds varieties of Hanji, which varied depending on source materials, size, usage, etc. Only a few of them are still being produced in Korea today. The topic of Dr. Lee’s talk will focus on two types of Korean traditional paper, named Taeji and Siji. This work has been done by his group at the National Institute of Forest Service in Korea.
Phone:
404-894-7840
Url:
http://www.paper.gatech.edu
Fee:
Free
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