Traditional Crafts on Weekends: Six-Week Course in Sejong

Traditional Culture Education Center Offers Saeksilnubi, Knotting, and Seal Engraving Courses

The Traditional Culture Education Center of Korea National University of Cultural Heritage will offer a weekend traditional craft experience course as part of its Traditional Culture and Society Education Program at the Sejong Learning Center for six weeks, from October 24 through November 28. The weekend course is designed for people who want to learn traditional crafts as a hobby but have difficulty attending classes on weekdays.

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The three subjects are saeksilnubi (colorful thread quilting), knotting, and seal engraving, which received the highest preference ratings in a preliminary survey. Each Saturday, the center will offer six classes divided into morning and afternoon sessions. Each class is limited to 10 students. Tuition is free, but students must pay for consumable materials.

Instructors will be artist Lee Deokeun, who won the 2018 Presidential Award at the Korea Traditional Handicraft Art Contest, for saeksilnubi; Lee Yeda, a certified trainee in the National Intangible Heritage craft of knotting, for knotting; and Yun Hongryeol, an inaugural artist of the Korea Traditional Calligraphy Association, for seal engraving.

Since 2021, the center has offered the Traditional Culture and Society Education Program at learning centers in Seoul, Sejong, and Daegu, teaching around 700 people a year. Starting this year, it is also partnering with local lifelong education institutions in Buyeo, Nonsan, Gongju, Buan, and Seocheon to offer “One-Day Traditional Craft Experience Classes,” bringing the program directly to residents.

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