지난전시 게시판읽기(WOOD· CRAFT) | 이화여자대학교 박물관

WOOD· CRAFT: 전시장소Special Exhibition Hall; 전시기간2016.5.31. . - 2016.12.31. .

Ewha Womans University Museum presents a special woodcraft collection exhibition titled Wood·Craft in celebration of the 130th anniversary of the university’s foundation. This exhibition was designed to look back on the usefulness and beauty of furniture and crafts made of wood. As wood is nature’s longest and most basic resource, it has been around in the life of mankind for a long period of time. Wood has served as the most basic material to build shelters to live in and tools to use. Therefore, it is wood craftsmanship that reveals the basic skills and wisdom of those living in a certain region.

A total of about 100 objects displayed for this exhibition are Korean furniture and crafts that were produced and used from the Joseon dynasty to modern times. Next to ceramics, woodcrafts are the largest holdings in the University Museum’s collections. The University Museum has collected a wide variety of relics and donations since its foundation, some of which would be singled out for special events (in the case of the university inviting prominent figures from overseas) or displayed in the president’s office to highlight the beauty of Korea and the rich cultural tradition of the university.

This exhibition presents a vast array of woodcrafts that were made in consideration of space and the user, such as a bookshelf and desk in the study of a scholar, a document chest and wardrobe, along with a comb box and a dressing stand, placed in the women’s quarters, and a small portable dining table used in the kitchen—all of which are displayed in different sections according to use and design, demonstrating the material properties of wood, its aesthetic values, and history. In addition, an education room was designed to assist the audience, including school children, to understand the artworks by utilizing digital media and displaying tools and lumber used for the production of the woodcrafts.