/ A Story Of Forgotten Hanji, Korean Traditional Paper

A Story Of Forgotten Hanji, Korean Traditional Paper

January 1, 1970
12:00 am - 12:00 am
Date: 
Friday, May 13, 2022 – 12:30 to 13:30
Location: 
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
Summary Sentence: 
Dr. Oh-Kyu Lee will share his experience in rediscovering how to make certain types of Korean traditional paper called Hanji.

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.