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!!