that's a mouthful of a title, for a convergence of ideas that conspired to become this little korean-style bag - a jumeoni, a little pocket-sized, personal-items sac worn underneath a hanbok. this is from the pattern entitled "folds of function" in vicki square's folk bags and it's the second time i've used it; the first was for a tarot card bag for my handmade trinity doughtnuts tarot deck.
this project is really a "study" if you will for a larger project using the same yarn (koigu) and the same inspiration - korean video artist nam june paik, and specifically his video arbor which is here in philadelphia. the combination of television screens and rampanly overgrown wisteria are being expressed in both projects.
this is a small token of thanks to chunghie lee, for all the time she spent on the telephone and in e-mail with me while i was writing a feature about her for korean quarterly. the bigger nam june paik video arbor-inspired project will remain here, for home use, but it's a long way from photographable.