Join Aimee Lee for a wide-ranging but intimately connected talk that spans her research in Korean papermaking, historical and contemporary iterations of jiseung, hybrid hanji using native plants, and toolmakers around the world. She will share stories of her field work across multiple continents and how she created a home for hanji traditions in the US. These efforts led to a pressing concern about toolmaking for hand papermaking, the subject of her newest book. All of her publications will be available for sale and signing.
Copies of her books, Hanji Unfurled and As Good as Our Tools, as well as her popular zines, Making Milkweed Paper and Welcome to Jiseung, will be available for purchase.
Aimee Lee is an award-winning artist and author who advocates for Korean papermaking and toolmaking for the paper field at large. Designated an Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellow, Midwest Culture Bearer Awardee, and Cleveland Arts Prize winner, she is a two-time Fulbright scholar to Korea, where she learned to make hanji and researched its applications and tools by studying with various Korean holders of intangible cultural heritage since 2009. She exhibits and is collected internationally and her research is embodied in her art, teaching, and practice, and shared freely at aimeelee.net/research.