Discover one of Korea's culture's most beautiful textile arts: Bojagi!
Bojagi haveplayed an important role in traditional Korean culture and have been used inthe everyday to wrap, carry and store objects. Until the 1950s they were usedto wrap or cover everything from bedding and clothes to food dishes and forreligious rituals. These functional domestic items were not made as a hobby butwere produced along with clothing and bedding items essential in the household.They were an integral part of daily living.
Cook explains the historyand meaning of Bojagi in Korean culture, as well as the equipment and fabrics(including silk, hemp, and ramie); traditional seaming techniques and embellishments,designs, colours, and symbolism; Jagokbo, bojagi pieced from smallscraps of fabric, they have been compared to modern artists such as Mondrianand Klee. Cook shows how contemporary textile artists are interpreting theseideas in their work.
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