Here’s a new vocabulary word: “Pojagi”, a traditional Korean wrapping cloth also called “Bojagi” and “Bojaki”. Read Wikipedia’s entry here.
The image above (from this 8/6/09 New York Times article) is a contemporary interpretation by Chunghie Lee.
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Wow. As beautiful as that is, Chunghie Lee’s interpretation doesn’t look anything like other Pojagi I’ve seen. (Of course, so would the quilting ladies say of contemporary quilts…
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To me though, what makes Pojagi “pojagi” is the seam work and translucency of the materials used – neither of which is in evidence here. I’ll have to have a look at the article when I get home tonight!