One Step Closer to my BOJAGI DVD

2 out of 3 projects are done in DVD! One more to go and some other works left. It's been very interesting and  busy summer this year. Many changes, meeting new people and became friends each other.... Life is good and I am enjoying every single moments. Whether it's a happy moment or not, I have to cherish my long journey of my life. Sometimes I can plan and control but many times I have to confront unexpected things. But if life goes only as I planned and expected, I wouldn't be able to have some joys in my life.
Please stay tuned! The moment is coming and I would like to celebrate with all of you!!

3 개의 프로젝트 중에 2개를 다 찍었어요! 하나 더 찍고 나머지 작업을 하면 완성입니다. 이 여름은 분주했지만 의미있는 날들이었어요. 많은 변화와 새로운 만남 그과정에 친구가 더 생겼고.... 인생에 작은 순간들도 감사하고 즐겁게 생각하려고 늘 노력합니다. 계획을 세우고 실천하면서 살려고 하지만 예기치 않은 일 들은 늘생기지요. 좋든 어렵든 그순간들도 받아들이며 살아가는게  말만큼 쉬운일은 아니지만 그래도 깜짝 놀라는 순간들도 있어야 삶이 지루하지 않지요.
자, 조금만 더 기다려 주세요! 곧 기쁜 마음으로 건배를 하며 즐길 순간이 올겁니다!

Stiring my dye tub

A few weeks ago, I took a special workshop about dyeing. And guess what? I am hooked!
The reason I learn this was because of the fabric supply for bojagi. For me, it's not that difficult to get fabrics from Korea but I have to have a suggestion for the people who are living in different part of the world. My producer, Andrew Galli arranged the workshop with Ana Lisa Hedstrom (she is well known shibori artist!) and I had a great time at her studio.
http://www.gallifilms.com/bojagi-korean-stitching.html
http://www.gallifilms.com/arashi-shibori-a-language-of-stripes.html
First, I did tea dye and got a range of beautiful browns. I am developing this brown but not boring bojagi. Tea gave all different hues of brown color to these silk, cotton, hemp and ramie fabric.

These are my newly dyed stash of fabrics. I used fiber reactive dyes and silk acid dye.

One of my projects in my DVD will show the bojagi made with my own hand dyed fabrics. It was wonderful that I can create my own color combinations from dying process. Audrey said that this tub looks like Miyokgook (seaweed soup)  :)

I dyed more and more after I came back home and now I have a boxful of hand dyed silk fabrics. I only need more time to sew!

I will be back with finished project soon! Hint!! This will be my DVD project!