무형문화재 전승자에게 배우는 전통공예의 멋
Recently, there has been a boom in demand for museum souvenirs both on and offline, suggesting a jump in interest for traditional cultural arts.
Taking to this trend, classes have been opened where official transferees of national intangible cultural heritages teach the arts to the general public.
Moon Hye-ryeon has this story.
"Loop through from the bottom to the top. You get a flower petal.
All sides have to be even and tight so you get a round lotus flower bud."
The "Lotus Knot" is one of the most basic knots in traditional Korean decorative knotting, known as Maedeupjang.
Though it's a basic knot, it is not easy.
In order to get the shape, participants need individual help.
"Close enough is not enough. The focus is on learning accurate movements in the hand, which, with a lot of practice, becomes each crafter's own."
Classes are being held for 14 kinds of traditional crafts, including decorative knotting, woodcrafts, metal crafts and ornamental painting.
Scheduled to be held until the end of the calendar year, these classes are open for the general public, with three levels beginner, research and professional.
But with huge popularity, some of the courses fill up on the day that registration opens.
"I wanted to be able to make it myself. I wanted to make something traditional that suits my style."
What is most appealing about these courses is that the crafts are being taught by transferees of National Intangible Cultural Heritages.
These crafts professionals pass on traditional cultural craft skills that are challenging, which keeps the apprentices inspired.
"I'm going up to the research level. I get a lot of ideas. I get these ideas from what is traditional and incorporate modern craft elements into the work."
Exhibitions of the students' graduation works display their outstanding artistic skills and talent.
As enthusiasm increases for traditional culture, more people are becoming interested in learning traditional crafts.
In fact, there is a significant shortage of institutions that hold these classes compared to demand for them, where there are people that travel to Seoul from different regions across the country to take the classes.
This means more support is needed from the government-level to further expand the traditional cultural arts industry.
Lee Eunjin, Arirang News.
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2024-03-25, 12:00 (KST)
