Korean Travel Log by Christiane Grauert -SOLD -BEST OF SHOW AWARD!

Korean Travel Log - A Pop-Up Sketchbook is an accordion adaptation of a travel sketchbook from a trip to South Korea. By "wandering" along the accordion the viewer is invited to chronologically follow my trip and experience in a timely condensed way my 3-week first encounter with this country. Through the addition of different pop-up paper mechanisms I have created a level of dimensionality into "flat" travel memories. Adding depth through paper-engineering stems from a desire to capture a sense of the physical space, and on a smaller scale allowing the viewer to re-enter the Korean environment. The accordion mimics in size, color and page count the original Moleskine sketchbook. However, the color of the original sketches was removed and instead collage elements of hanji (traditional Korean mulberry paper), washi tape, string and stamping ink brought in to reflect cultural specific textures and colors.