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Two principal methods for weaving the sedge exist: one involving the use of tools or machines, the other performed entirely by hand. These are sometimes referred to as "close" and "sparse" weaving. Machine weaving is predominantly used for making mats, whilst boxes, bowls and baskets require hand
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The process of creating sedge products starts with the farming of the raw material. Sedge is planted in April and harvested only a few months later in the summer. The cut stalks are boiled, dried, soaked, and then dried again in a process that, after several repetitions, bleaches them to a shiny
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period (57 BCE – 935 CE). Despite the availability of the plant, which grows well in the waterlogged soil of rice paddies, sedge products were highly prized and were used as decoration in royal palaces and given as tribute to other nations. A sedge basket known as a
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white colour. Some strands are dyed to enable coloured highlights and designs in the finished work.
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was an important element of the traditional wedding rite, and royal sacrificial ceremonies in the
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Sedge has been a common material for household goods in Korea since the
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period employed sedge weaving as a religious sacrament.
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National Intangible Cultural Heritage of South Korea
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Index


Korean
Korean
sedge
Silla
Goryeo
Ganghwado
Important Intangible Cultural Asset
Bamboo weaving
Masters of traditional Korean handicrafts
Korea Foundation
ISBN
978-89-86090-32-1
"완초장(莞草匠) (Wanchojang)"
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture






"Yi Sang-jae Handicrafter of Sedge Masterpieces"
Koreana
Korea Foundation




"The Artistic Beauty of Grass Weaving"

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