Pojagi are Korean wrapping cloths. They are used to cover and carry everything from food to sacred texts. It is believed by some that an object covered in pojagi will have good fortune wrapped within. A pojagi-encased item signifies not only an important gift, but also respect and good wishes to the recipient.
Some of the most beautiful pojagi are made of intricate patchwork sewn with fine, crisp, self-finishing seams. Unlined, loosely woven ramie, hemp, and linen materials allow a translucent light to pass through the multi-faceted fabric surface. I saw this type of textile in 2003 in tea shops, temples and art galleries when my husband and I took our sixteen year old daughter back to her birthplace in Seoul, South Korea.
I was inspired when I returned to my studio that year to combine American patchwork techniques and the arashi shibori fabrics I had been dying with a Korean pojagi aesthetic.
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Pojagi #3 ©2004 25"x25"
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Pojagi#2 ©2004 14"x44"
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