Hanji Layering Craft: Tea Trays, Vases & Boxes

In this class, you’ll practice jeonji-gongye, the traditional Korean craft of layering colored hanji over a frame to build a form, and make a small piece you can use in everyday life. Choose one of a mini soban, flower soban, wonguri soban (traditional Korean trays), a vase, or a mini square box, and take your time to complete it over 120 minutes.

[What You’ll Do]

1. Tea Time & Hanji Story (10 min) Sit down with a cup of tea and hear the story of hanji. Touch it, tear it, and glue it with your own hands, while learning how it is made, what it is made from, how it has been used through the centuries, and how it lives on today.

2. Choose Your Materials & Colors (10 min) See the pieces you can make, then choose the hanji colors that speak to you.

3. Build the Frame & Create (80 min) You’ll start by assembling pre-cut hapji (sturdy layered paperboard) pieces into the frame of your piece, learning how its structure comes together. Once the frame is ready, cut the hanji to fit, then tear colored hanji by hand and layer it piece by piece to build your own work. With extra time, you can blend colors, work on finer details, and refine the finish. You’ll be guided through every step.

4. Final Drying (10 min) Relax with a cup of tea while your piece dries.

5. Photos & Wrap-up (10 min) Take photos with your finished piece in the hanok, and end the class on a relaxed note.

If you’d like to start from cutting your own pieces and build a form of your own design, we recommend our Monthly Course.

• checkAll materials and tools
• checkGuidance from an expert instructor
• checkSnacks and tea or coffee

• closeTransportation and pickup
• closeMeals
• closeAdditional crafts (available for purchase on-site)

You may reschedule once, free of charge, up to 3 days before your booking. The class takes place at Bukchon Hanji Studio, 2F, 18 Bukchon-ro 11-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.