bojagi.app: design a patchwork window hanging

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Grid

Hangs to the floor

Bojagi (보자기)

Bojagi are traditional Korean wrapping cloths. The patchwork kind, jogakbo, were pieced together from leftover scraps of fabric, often sheer ramie or silk, so they glow when light shines through them.

This is a place to design one. Plan it on the grid at left and see it hanging in a window at right, moving in the breeze.

Controls

Cut S: Cut a piece in two, or drag a seam to move it.
Carve R: Drag a rectangle inside a piece.
Paint B: Click or drag across pieces with a color.
Merge M: Join a piece with its neighbor.
Hand H: Drag to move around, or hold Space anytime.
Zoom Z: Drag right to zoom in, left to zoom out.
Undo ⌘Z: Everything can be undone.

Privacy

Everything happens in your browser. Your design is saved on this device and never sent anywhere.

A note

I’m not Korean, and bojagi isn’t my heritage. I came to it through admiration: for jogakbo pieced from scraps, and for how they turn light into something you can hold. I made this tool to help people design and sew their own, with as much care for the tradition as I could manage.

The seams and methods here follow Youngmin Lee’s Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles. If this sparks something, learn from Korean makers and teachers directly. Her book and workshops are a wonderful place to start.

Learn more

Youngmin Lee: her book, workshops and videos
Jogakbo, traditional Korean patchwork at the V&A
Seoul Museum of Craft Art
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Made by Jake Rochford.

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