Jiho (지호); jiho-gongye (지호공예)
Lidded bowls and rounded vessels built from hanji scraps: waste paper is finely torn, soaked in water, mixed with glue and kneaded into a clay-like paste, which is laid onto a mold or frame in repeated layers, each dried before the next, until the form is complete. Colored papers can decorate the surface, and the vessel is finished with lacquer for durability and sometimes perilla or soybean oil against insects. With jido (layered paper over a frame, for boxes) and jiseung (twisted paper cord), it is one of the hanji object crafts that flourished in the Joseon period.
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Two textiles made from washi in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture.
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