South Korea Vacation Part 26 - Kim Nan-Young's Neighborhood

While I was in chilbo (Korean enameling) class, Rocketman did a walk about the neighborhood. It seems to be changing all the time.

When Nan-Young first moved here years ago, the street was really run down and in disarray but the Korean government has put a lot of money into the area to make it beautiful. It has become quite a tourist attraction too and is located just south of the Hwaseong Haenggung Palace (화성행궁). The street is full of artists including Nan-Young and my hanji teacher.

                                                I love this photo Rocketman took.

                  Rocketman spent some time in the Hwaseong Haenggung Palace (화성행궁).

 

 

I took this photo of a butterfly bench. It was near Nan-Young's shop. It was so creative and I wish I could have ordered one for my house.

There is a coffee shop across the street from Nan-Young's and sometimes we would arrive way too early for my class so we would stop for tea at this shop. The owner always has decorated the shop in all kinds of homemade crafts. Definitely my kind of place.

Rocketman deciding what to order. They have lots of teas and coffees to choose from. I love that they used a knitted blanket to give privacy between the booths.

This is how Rocketman's tea came. He has had it before but they are always kind and show us how to prepare the tea. This was our last day in Suwon. The rest of the remaining days of our vacation was spent in Seoul.

South Korea Vacation Part 25 - Kim Nan-Young

          The view out of Kim Nan-Young's Chilbo Shop. Enamel poo hanging from the window.

                   Rocketman took a couple photos of the walls outside of Nan-Young's shop.

                                        She had this chilbo display outside her shop.

On my last day of chilbo class, we all went out for galbi. It was myself, Rocketman, Nan-Young, Young-Su and Metal Guy. I was so tired by this second week of running all over the country I failed to take photos. 

 I also bought a few rings.

              Nan-Young gave me these postcards of her crane drawings. She sells these in her shop.

                                                    Here is a close up of each card.

She also gave me a packet of postcards made by a friend of hers. 

Nan-Young also has a very talented daughter and she made these cards. These are her drawings and she bought the fabric hanbok top.

Her daughter is talented like her mama. She also gave me set of these cards to take home. Nan-Young has always been so very generous with me. She even sent me home with a gift for my new daughter-in-law.