Handicrafts of the Korean People

Foreword_What Is In Them 4
Foreword_Seeing Folk Artifacts in a Different Light 7
Preface_Praying for the Beauty of What Ceases to Be 10

Fragrance of a Lofty Life

Home of Ink and Lofty Solitude Sarangbang 20
Name it, and you can smell sweet aroma Incense 29
Sticks and stones create art Ink Stick and Inkstone 36
A warm human breath to a hard material of nature Seal Engraving 44
Practical furniture with noble beauty Bandaji 52
The sound of defying what is profane Geomungo 60
Full emptiness makes your heart rich Tea Bowl 67

Triumph of Joseon Woman’s Delicate Hands

Artwork of love and devotion Nubi 76
Treasure of Joseon women Needle Work Box 83
Rainbow gem that fades to gold and jade Chillbo 92
Everyday cloth that became an artwork Jogakbo 98
Beauty knotted with destiny Maedeup 105

Wishing for a World of Perfection

The land of bliss realized in this world Sumidan 114
Wooden dolls reborn with a soul Namu Kkokdu 123
Lovely are red cheeks of the bride Yeonji 130
Guidepost and compass of married life Wooden Wild Goose 136
Another world within this world Folding Screen 142
A piece of art born for a function Palanquin 152
Light of wisdom that light up innermost mind Lotus Lantern 161
An artistic way of saying prayers Talisman 167

To the World of Wealth and Excitement

Dining with elegance Soban 176
Bringing an artwork on food Tteoksal and Dasikpan 185
Arabian carpet for Korean farmers Meongseok 190
Sleeping volcano with fire in it Hwaro 199
Artistic triumph of natural pigment Chilgi 204

Bibliography 212
Picture collection contributors 214