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Mary Lee

I was a teacher for the kindergartens and the elementary school for 15 years in both Korea and the States. I used to love demonstrating artworks with students.

The paper is very familiar material for the kids, and it is very easy to use. I personally very much love to work with paper.

Since I was born in Korea, I was surrounded with paper works. In Korea people even use the papers for the window. The papers were the colorful origami papers or Hanji (a traditional Korean rice paper or mulberry tree paper.) Every season, my parent used to cut the papers in various ways with us to decorate on the window glasses in our house. At that time origami and paper cutting was kid’s most popular toy in Korea.

First I painted acrylic on mulberry paper, and cut it into 9 pieces once the paint dried. Using the tweezers and a needle, I folded each piece 42 times. I then glued them to the metal frame of the pendant. Once the glue dried, I carefully applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish five times to make them firm, shiny, and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.

Antique

First I painted acrylic on mulberry paper, and cut it into 9 pieces once the paint dried. Using the tweezers and a needle, I folded each piece 42 times. I then glued them to the metal frame of the pendant. Once the glue dried, I carefully applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish five times to make them firm, shiny, and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.
I prepared 12 pieces of Japanese Washi papers in different sizes, and folded them. Each big piece consists of 2 paper: I stacked them to make 3D geometry. I glued them to the metal frame of the pendant. Once the glue dried, I carefully applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish five times to make them firm, shiny, and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.

Blue Geometry

I prepared 12 pieces of Japanese Washi papers in different sizes, and folded them. Each big piece consists of 2 paper: I stacked them to make 3D geometry. I glued them to the metal frame of the pendant. Once the glue dried, I carefully applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish five times to make them firm, shiny, and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.
I cut 20 different colored origami papers to pieces of 1/8 inch thickness. Then, I rolled them with a needle and glued to the broach pin frame. Once the glue dried, a polymer sealant was carefully applied followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish at least three times to make them firm, shiny and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.

Tree of Life

I cut 20 different colored origami papers to pieces of 1/8 inch thickness. Then, I rolled them with a needle and glued to the broach pin frame. Once the glue dried, a polymer sealant was carefully applied followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish at least three times to make them firm, shiny and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.
I painted acrylic on mulberry paper, wrapped and glued the painted mulberry paper to the broach pin metal frame that I made at the production studio. I prepared 2 different colored origami papers. I cut pieces of 1/8 inch thickness, connected them to make a strand, and then rolled the strand. Next, I prepared a piece of origami paper, I cut it about 300 times with the scissors, quilled them with the needle and spread out the cut layers and attached to outside of the rolled paper to make owl's eyes. I glued them to the metal frame. Once the glue dried, I applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish at least five times to make them firm, shiny and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.

Owl

I painted acrylic on mulberry paper, wrapped and glued the painted mulberry paper to the broach pin metal frame that I made at the production studio. I prepared 2 different colored origami papers. I cut pieces of 1/8 inch thickness, connected them to make a strand, and then rolled the strand. Next, I prepared a piece of origami paper, I cut it about 300 times with the scissors, quilled them with the needle and spread out the cut layers and attached to outside of the rolled paper to make owl’s eyes. I glued them to the metal frame. Once the glue dried, I applied a polymer sealant followed by non-toxic acid-free varnish at least five times to make them firm, shiny and water resistant. Each varnish application required one full day to dry completely.
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