Part 2 of 3: Process Papermaking begins in winter. The cold matters. Paper mulberry…

Part 1 of 3: Surface Hold a sheet of hanji (한지) against a window. Light doesn’t…

Everyone stopped. China invented luodian (螺鈿) during the Tang dynasty, reaching technical maturity by…

Dozens of coats. Korean najeon artisans typically apply thirty or more lacquer layers before…

Twenty pieces. That’s how many examples of Goryeo-period najeon chilgi (나전칠기, 螺鈿漆器) survive worldwide…