art - Jiyoung Chung

Joomchi artist, Painter & Freelance Writer. She is an artist who explores the art of ancient Korean Joomchi papermaking techniques. The information below is from Jiyoung Chung's website: *JOOMCHI is the unique Korean traditional way of making textured and painterly imagery hand made paper just by using water. The terminology originated from meaning, “making a Joomoney (Pouch in English)”. Korean’s started making Joomchi in Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910). It creates strong, textural, and painterly surfaces. As time goes, the surface becomes more and more elegant like leather. It can be applied to make self-standing or suspended sculpture, new way of creating painting, surface design, collage making, drawing as well as functional daily life objects like basket, lamp, purse making, etc. http://www.jiyoungchung.com/