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Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong

Just picked up 8 of these. They look black most of the time, but in this light you can see they’re actually dark navy. I thought they would be too large to hold comfortably without a handle but am really enjoying drinking out of them: they cool hot tea down nicely and keep it warmContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: Cylinders by Jeewon Jeong”

Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit

I always visit “my” ceramics at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, but what’s so interesting to me is that on every visit, new pieces strike my fancy. Here are my favorites from my most recent visit a couple of weeks ago, along with a cool map I never noticed that locates the GreatContinue reading “Saturday Ceramics: SF Asian Museum of Art Visit”

ESC #41 and #42: DessArt Night (ft. shibori dyeing)

My friend Gina asked me when I got interested in shibori, and I couldn’t remember, but I love the graphic simplicity of it and the rich color of the indigo. Indigo dyeing always intimidated me, though—until I found Yamato Indigo’s instant dye vats. It’s a mix of organic indigo with the agents you need toContinue reading “ESC #41 and #42: DessArt Night (ft. shibori dyeing)”

Operation Baguette: Harvest Time!

Now to figure out how to thresh it: mortar and pestle? Wrapping it in a tarp and backing over it with my car a couple of times? The trials and tribulations of the urban wheat farmer 😉 I will tell you, though, even cutting my tiny “field” was a decent amount of work. Mad respectContinue reading “Operation Baguette: Harvest Time!”

Making 갓 (Gat): Traditional Korean Scholar’s Hat

I’ve been watching Dear Hongrang on Netflix, and since it’s a costume drama, there are a lot of beautiful hanbok, hair pins, etc. But I swear the hats are like their own characters, they get so many close-ups in this drama. That started me wondering what they’re made of and how they’re made. And thenContinue reading “Making 갓 (Gat): Traditional Korean Scholar’s Hat”