Exploring Community: Re-imaging Hanji (Korean handmade paper) Traditions

Arts & Architecture (College of the) / Art & Design / Arts (Peck School of the)

Description

Research includes exploring traditional papercraft practices (informed by Korean and Japanese paper and ancient printmaking processes from India) and blending them with emerging technologies. We will offer workshops at elder care facilities (TimeSlips), Aurora Health Center (Walkers Point), ONG (Washington Park), and the Wauwatosa Historical Society to facilitate an exchange of stories about cultural craft traditions (a relational practice). Interviews and activities will influence a new series of artwork that will exhibit at IPCNY in NewYork; The Alice Wilds Gallery in Walkers Point, Milwaukee; and The InKo (Indian and Korean) Cultural Center in Chennai, India.

Tasks and Responsibilities

We will initiate new and continue community partnerships by planning meetings to facilitate interviews, workshops, and other means of gathering and sharing stories of impact (utilizing printmaking and papermaking as communal ways of sharing traditions and "stories of impact" – as inspiration and a foundation for innovation. We will explore printmaking techniques with a focus on screenprinting, deep intaglio viscosity etching (a unique process from India), papermaking (Korean hanji tradition using native WI plants), and digital technologies in the PSOA iStudio. We will formalize research by creating technical handouts/guides and workshop descriptions. We will offer community workshops (volunteer) based on the newly re-imagined techniques and applications. We will create new artworks that celebrate innovation through understanding community, history, and intangible craft practices. We will install/exhibit work in multiple venues for upcoming local, national and international exposure.

Desired Qualifications

None Listed.