It's a good start

My students diligently working away....

Hye-soon first ring

Kyoung-mi's first ring.

Mimi, maybe I CAN teach!

Mimi Dillman is a very talented tatting teacher and so is Georgia Seitz and many others I have been so blessed to meet. They have that "something special".
I know I lack some skills when it comes to teaching tatting, but if I don't bring it to Korea...who will? So I gave it my very best shot and our first class was a success.

Kyoung-mi served delicious grapes and tea...the whole evening was just delightful!

While we were tatting lot's of people came and went and it looks like I picked up another student for next Monday!
Yep....it looks like I'll give classes every Monday until no one is interested anymore!

Hye-soon seems really extra excited about tatting. I will be ordering shuttles and hooks for these gals right away. (I still can't believe that there are NO tatting supplies in Korea) In the meantime I gave them some HDT and temporary shuttles and a homework assignment.

There is no word in Hangul for "tatting" so I told Kyoung-mi that she should make a word up for it.

If this turns into a big thing...would anyone be interested in donating any tatting supplies? I just thought I would throw that out there. I would love for one or more of these girls to be proficient enough when I leave to carry on the art.

I traded Kyoung-mi one of my ceramic shuttles for some raw clay and I am going to try and make more shuttles while I am here. I have already been inspired by Korean pottery. Due to materials and firing techniques these shuttles will be very different from my usual stuff.

Oh...what a very exciting day!

Teaching Tatting on Monday

Remember Kyoung Mi? Well I enjoyed yesterday's cooler weather so much I walked to her little pottery shop for a visit. I brought my Chicane with me because Kyoung Mi is an animal lover (just like me). We had a lovely visit and we made a date to start tatting lessons on Monday. She asked if she could bring some friends. I am really excited. I will get to teach tatting in a country where tatting does not exist. And while teaching I will be surrounded by Kyoung Mi's beautiful pottery. It sounds like heaven.
Let's just hope that I will have the ability to teach well. I don't think teaching is my strong suit but I am hoping that my passion for tatting will overcome that. Of course we have a serious language barrier but I plan to bring a lot of visual aides.


On the tatting front, I have been practicing some weaving....Hmmmm looks like I'll need to keep on
practicing...