Katagami Shadow Lanterns with Huong Nguyen
ClassesWinter 2018|#2700.423
Description
Practice hand cutting stencil designs in the Japanese Katagami tradition, then use Korean Joomchi paper felting techinques to combine into a unique handmade paper. Huong will go over ways of making small shadow lanterns with the resulting patterned surfaces. Leave the class with your very own tea light-sized shadow lantern.
Born in Orlando, Florida to a large Vietnamese family, Huong Nguyen is a visual artist with roots in the textiles industry. Nguyen received a BFA from RISD for Textile Design and works in printmaking, pattern design and various media. Her studio work brings a contemporary aesthetic and spirit of inquiry to ancient material and design traditions, with an emphasis on the essential and hand-made. Nguyen is creating textile and paper work that uses traditional Asian craft techniques such as Shibori (Japanese tie-dye), Katagami (Japanese stencil making), and Joomchi (Korean paper felting), with shapes and colors inspired by flora and fauna of Santa Monica.
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