UI graduate student studies rare, dying Korean art <\/p>\n
BY AARON WALKER | NOVEMBER 07, 2014 5:00 AM <\/p>\n
University of Iowa graduate student Steph Rue is reinvigorating her Korean heritage by helping revitalize a fading artistic tradition. <\/p>\n
Rue studies hanji, the ancient Korean art of papermaking and its connection with Buddhist spirituality. Hanji literally translates to the paper of Korea. <\/p>\n
I am Korean-American. I kind of came back to my heritage through finding the hanji, Rue said. It allows me to understand a lot more of my own culture. Artifacts made with this paper can speak a lot to traditional Korean heritage and developments in Korean history. <\/p>\n
Rue said hanji is a dying art. <\/p>\n
While in the West it is rare to find paper more than 400 years old, hanji artifacts date back to the eighth century. <\/p>\n
But hanji is not only used as paper. <\/p>\n
Its a thick material, made from the inner bark of mulberry trees, that can be used as anything from wallpaper to armor. <\/p>\n
Its so durable, they say Korean paper lasts 1,000 years, Rue said. <\/p>\n
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