for the love of calendars

Growing up, we used to have a calendar in every room of the house. These poster-sized calendars were given out to customers by Korean busine...

Unlucky number 4?

I'm not superstitious, but my Korean grandmother was one of the most superstitious people I've ever known.  She would scold me for w...

my week

we hiked the wilson river trail in the tillamook forest, about 50 miles west of portland picked up textured treasures along the way and visi...

Artists I like: Il Lee

© Art Projects International; Courtesy of artist and Art Projects International, New York New York-based artist Il Lee creates beautiful wo...

My Week

added a couple new pieces to the shop // this one is called Escape leisure reading // book review to come my friend brought back goodies fr...

Show and Tell: Korean treats

My mother brings food whenever she comes over for a visit.  Many times it's an oversized jar of kim chee that she made the day before.  ...

Show and Tell: new stuff

Here are a few items I got this week that I'm excited about.  1.  Manimal Fringe Booties.   I have been drooling over these for a long t...

The art of pojagi

[image sources: Jung Yul Park , London Korean Links , Sri Threads ] A pojagi is a Korean wrapping cloth, normally hand-pieced together from ...

Show and Tell: Keepsakes of my cedar chest

I have a cedar chest that my mother-in-law bought me when I was newly married.  Today, I was reorganizing my sewing paraphernalia, which was...

Bird's eye view of city parks

These aerial photographs of parks were taken by Hosang Park of Seoul.  The images remind me a lot of the kid boardgame, Life.   I can just ...

Celebrating the tradition of turning a year older on New Year's Day

Every New Year's Day, my family gets together and eats dduk guk (rice cake soup).  It is believed that by eating one bowl of the soup o...

New work- "Fiddleheads in the Woods"

As a child, my family (cousins and all) would take day trips to the mountains to pick fiddleheads. I can still recall the woodsy smell of ou...

Squid for dinner and your walls

Squid is one of my favorite things to eat, especially when it's cooked with spices in a stir fry.  (Check out this recipe here .)  I hav...

Reconnecting with my roots in "Returning home"

This week I ventured into watercolors, which is a medium I rarely use in my art. The work, entitled "Returning home," evolved from...