Topic: Ssamsol Jogakbo

Jogakbo, patchwork bojagi, was made with remnants of fabrics from leftover cloths in the past.

When Korean women make bojagi, the act of hand stitching is considered an act of wishing happiness and well-being to the recipients, users, or makers themselves.

Youngmin will teach basic jogakbo construction in this workshop. Ssamsol is a special seam technique that makes a single-layered patchwork bojagi. During this class, students will use many pieces of fabrics and Ssamsol is a special seam technique that makes this jogakbo a single-layered and translucent finish.

Here is a link to a similar, virtual workshop offered by Youngmin: https://tatter.org/events/ssamsol-jogakbo/

Instructor: Youngmin Lee

Website: www.youngminlee.com/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/youngminlee_bojagi/

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Youngmin Lee is a textile artist uses bojagi tradition and techniques to create her work. Her interest in textiles led her to study Clothing and Textile in college and received an MFA in Fashion Design in South Korea. She has researched bojagi making and techniques and endeavor to apply her findings to both in traditional and contemporary art. After she moved to California in 1996, she actively works on preserving the bojagi tradition that embodies the philosophy of recycling and up-cycling, as the works are made from pieces of fabric leftover from other projects.

She works closely with Asian American communities on community engaged projects and workshops at the Asian Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Saint Louis Art Museum. In addition to teaching in person, Youngmin created the educational DVD, Bojagi: The Art of Wrapping Cloths in 2013 to reach people from afar. She teaches at public schools to introduce and educate Korean traditional textile art. She received the grants from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts Apprenticeship in 2019 and 2022 as a mentor artist and taught bojagi to her apprentices. Her new book, Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles with Techniques and Project, is coming in 2024.

She founded the Korean Textile Tour in 2017 to introduce Korean traditional textile art and culture to bridge broader audiences. Youngmin’s works have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States, South Korea, UK, Romania, and Turkey. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has her works in the museum collection.