Hanji

Earlier this year, I discovered the joy of hanji gong-ye "traditional paper craft". The government offers free classes to spouses of Korean nationals, so I took advantage of their hanji and Korean language class offerings while I was pregnant. It's easy, fun, and makes for great gifts; I gave most of what I made to family and friends for Christmas this year. Each item comes as a kit and takes under an hour to make (but quite a number of hours to dry). Here are a few pictures of what I've kept for myself:

This is meant to be a tea container, but I don't put anything in it.

It's empty, see...

This one's a piggy bank.

And a tissue box.