Seika Lee Klein

Seika was born in Japan and is of Korean origin. She moved to the United States with her German husband before settling in Switzerland, where she now lives with her family and works as a bojagi textile artist. She is a human resources planner and also a mother to a young daughter. Fascinated by jogakbo, a traditional bojagi patchwork, she began creating bojagi. Today, she creates various lyrical bojagi patchworks and textile works while adapting to Western culture.To create her works, she often sews together fabric scraps. Through this, her works represent the idea of cherishing and being grateful for the small things in life.All her works are hand-sewn. Creating bojagi brings her great happiness in her daily life. She feels that each of her bojagi represents a moment in her life and is a part of her heart.She participates in exhibitions, teaches classes, and offers books, original kits, and Korean fabrics at her events. This exhibition will be her first in France.Guided tour: daily at 2 PM (EN)

EXHIBITION

Bojagi and Western Lights

Town

Rombach-le-Franc

Year

2023

Commented tour daily at 2 P.M. in English Seika created unique lyrical bojagi patchworks and framed textile artwork, while adapting to western culture after leaving Japan. She drew her inspiration both from the nature and the light surrounding her in Europe and from the nostalgia for her culture. She made these works from Korean ramie and silk materials using traditional bojagi sewing techniques with either one or two layers. Her works allowed her to freely express her own world with unique designs and rich colours that highlight the characteristics of the fabrics, her hand sewing, and her own sense of colour. She created all works without planning ahead, instead following her intuition and feelings during the sewing process. All her work is hand-sewn. To create her works, she often sews together scraps of fabric. Through this, her works represent the idea of cherishing and being grateful for the little things in life. 2.13.0.0