Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Korean Art of Joomchi

This is a technique that uses the particular qualities of mulberry paper to craft papers into a strong and durable fabric-like material. Hanji (Korean mulberry paper) is manipulated by hand, moulded and felted, rubbed and coaxed causing the long fibres, typical of mulberry papers, to felt and adhere to each other. The paper becomes stronger the more it is worked.

The process creates strong, textural, textile-like papers that become elegantly smooth with use. The result can be six times stronger than ordinary Hanji papers and can be sewn into clothing or used to make functional items such as wallets, containers and covers.

With scant information available about this process Louise follows advice to just give it a go. This exploration of the materials and process will be shared as a journey that you can join.

Hope you enjoy it and get to experience this technique and the fantastic handmade mulberry paper's unique qualities.

Link to a good supplier of the mulberry papers - these are not as wide as the papers I ordered from China but they are good large papers. -
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