In early January, I participated in Alex Anderson's program The Quilt Show. It was my first outing since March 2020. As you saw in the photo above, we wore masks and kept our distance throughout the filming. It was wonderful that I could share my passion in front of the camera. Alex Anderson and her crew were very professional and supportive.
The preview is here and if you join as a star member, you can watch the whole segment.
I will be participating in the 'I MARATÓN COVID19' Facebook group's live demonstration on April 22, 9 am PDT. This is a group organized by my Spanish friend, Natalia Infantes Mangione. Last year, I gave a talk about bojagi and Yeouijumun technique demonstration. I am happy to be invited again this year! There's a live demonstration every day ( 9 am PDT, 18:00 CET) and this has been an opportunity for me to meet and learn from people around the world.
If you are interested, here's a link. Join the group and enjoy what they offer.
My Zoom classes with school children are in full swing. We meet Wednesdays and Fridays and already have big progress. I will need to ship materials for a second project to my students because they are doing so well! I will spend another day cutting and packing over 100 kits for these students but I am happy to do it again.
I made a little progress on the #doublehappinesswithoqamoqa project. You can peek in here.
Things Korean
The month's Korean thing is 비녀, Binyeo, Hairpin.
Binyeo is a long and a stick shape hairpin that holds chignon-style hair. One end of binyeo is stumpy to keep hair from slipping out and that part is called a binyeo head. For everyday use, women used a short and plain binyeo. Longer and more ornate binyeo were used for formal or special occasions. Brass, gold, silver, jade, and animal bone or horn were materials and upper-class women were able to wear binyeo decorated with precious jewels.
I remember my maternal grandmother wearing her binyeo and it was a simple metal one engraved with auspicious letters such as longevity and happiness.
I have very thin hair and I always kept my hair short. But because of the Covid-19 pandemic, I wasn't able to get my hair cut for over a year and started keeping my hair in a ponytail. In the beginning, it was shorter than the bunny's tail but now I can dream of having a chignon and wearing a binyeo someday.
Korea Textile Tour 2021 is still up in the air and I am checking Korea's travel restriction frequently. Currently, all visitors to Korea are subject to a 14-day mandatory quarantine. I will update my 2021 tour participants as soon as I hear new updates. Meanwhile, I am patiently waiting for
my turn to get vaccinated.
Tour Wait-list is available so please let me know if you are interested in future tours.
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Youngmin Lee