Hanji Items for Sale

Our friends who haven't been able to make our sales have asked about items available to order. We don't yet have an online shop, but here is a selection of items we have on hand. If you'd like more information, send an email to thehanjicrew@yahoo.com, and we'll get back to you with availability and prices.

Cylindrical lamps

Small boxes

Ornaments

Medium boxes

Bookmarks

Framed art

Coaster sets (more designs available)

Cards

Paperweights with matching gift boxes

(more designs available)

Glass Pendants (many designs available)

Small framed pictures

Small votive covers with battery candle

Lamps with shades and wood bases

Thanksgiving Place Cards

There's always a reason to hanji! These are my holiday dinner place cards made with a traditional lotus blossom design in Thanksgiving colors.

Holiday Hanji

Thanks to everyone who attended our holiday sales over the last few weeks. Our weather hasn't been very cooperative, but we've had hearty customers braving the elements, and we appreciated seeing each and every one of you.









Here are a few photos of our recent sales. Kat and I (mostly Kat!) have been busy creating things for the sales, and having a blast doing it.











We still have one more sale before the holidays... check out the website.

Sale prep day

We spent the day yesterday getting our hanji items priced and organized to sell at our upcoming sales. (Check the website for dates.)

The crew was on hand: Cheryl, Bonnie and Barb, making for a really fun, laugh-filled day.

Lots to organize: boxes, pendants, framed pictures, lamps, paperweights, coaster sets, holiday ornaments... the list goes on and on (and on). Hope to see you at a sale!

Pentant Class

Our recent hanji glass tile pendant class was fabulous. Participants used designs that Kat and I cut, and combined them with colorful mulberry paper backgrounds. The results were stunning.





















Kat and I had our finished collection of pendants on hand to sell, as well... we're in full production mode now that we have several sales coming up. Check the website for dates and locations.

Maedup

The Korean Cultural Association sponsored a Maedup (Korean knotting) class a couple weeks ago. It was fantastic! Kat and I had tried a class when we were in Korea the last time, but we didn't speak Korean, and the teacher didn't speak English, and while we had a good time, I can't say we learned too much!


But with a good (I'd say great!) teacher, we were able to make our first Maedup knot to create a cord for a necklace.


I decided to add a bail to mine so I could make a glass pendant to match.

I cut a simple design -- this one means good fortune, and made a glass domed pendant.

Here's the finished product. I like it!

We've got a pendant class on Sunday, October 24. Come and make your own pendant, and we may even have a few lovely cords to go with it.

Designs for cards

My family makes an annual jaunt for a weekend to enjoy the fall leaves. For many years, we've headed for Hayward, Wisconsin; this was a spectacular year for color.

The gorgeous surroundings were the perfect inspiration to create some new designs to add to notecards. I cut a few sa-mul-nori dancing guys, some butterflies and a stylized Korean phrase that translates roughly to "Long live Korea!"

Hanji Box Class

We kicked off our new Hanji Sunday season with a box class. Our enthusiastic group started by picking a small paper mache box -- lots of shapes and variety.

It was clear that this creative crew was going to turn out some lovely boxes.

Next, the hardest part: selecting paper. But the hanjiers were up to the task, and quickly put together some stunning combinations of brilliant colors and patterns.


The class members carefully measured their boxes and cut the colorful mulberry paper to size. Once it's all cut, they adhered the paper to the boxes.

The results were outstanding!!

Taking Our Chop One Step Further

Remember the chop that our friend Barbara brought back from Korea for us? My clever and talented niece, Claudette, turned that design into an embroidered patch with her super sewing machine. Now Kat and I can have something fun to wear at classes and sales.

Speaking of classes and sales, they're coming up. Check the website for information.

Frame it Up

I picked up some cheap, unfinished wood picture frames at Ikea last week, figuring this might be a good project for (what else?) hanji paper. I was right.

I wanted to use a new sheet of hanji paper, one with variegated colors. The paper is pretty thin, so I first added a solid-color paper layer just to cover the frame so the wood grain of the frame wouldn't show through the colorful paper. The traditional paste is just flour and water.

You can see the fibers of the paper in this first layer of paper.

Once the first layer was done, I added paste to the colorful paper and wrapped that around the frame, covering both the front and the back.

To dress it up, I cut a Korean word (joy) to add to one corner.

Not bad for a $1 frame!

Experimenting With a New Little Light

At our work day on Saturday, Kat experimented with the best way to make little votive candle covers -- like a lampshade for a tiny candle. She started with a sheet of adhesive styrene, and added cut designs to the adhesive side of the translucent styrene. On top of the design, Kat added a piece of light hanji paper, so the design was sandwiched between the plastic and the paper. She formed this into a ring that would circle the candle.

We opted for battery tea lights (safety first!) vs. candles, and Kat is trying different adhesives to connect the paper ring, so we're sure they'll stay connected.

These turned out beautifully. By the end of the day, Kat had a line-up of various sizes and colors, all lovely. What a fun project! Wouldn't these make a fun project to offer at one of our classes?