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Patterns of Mother-of-Pearl Craftwork Sketches and the Way of Supply and Demand of the Works in Modern and Contemporary Times (근·현대 나전도안과 공예품의 수급(需給)형태 - 중요무형문화재 제10호 나전장 송방웅 소장 나전도안을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Yeon Jae
    • Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.334-365
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    • 2010
  • Mother-of-Pearl craftwork sketch involves the whole process of making a piece of work. Therefore, it includes types, forms, sizes, and patterns of the work. Some information about when and by whom those works were manufactured and who ordered them are still found in some sketches. This paper seeks to find out popular types and patterns of the works in each period and its demand and the way of supply by examining the collection of approximately 1700 Mother-of-Pearl craftwork sketches from the period of Japanese colonization up to the present time, which are owned by Mr. Song Bang-wung, Important Intangible Cultural Heritage no.10. Typical patterns of sketches are the hua-jo(花鳥 : Flowers and Birds), the Sakunja(四君子 : Four Gracious Plants), cultural treasures, figures in folk tales, 'Su-bok(壽福)' characters, and landscape. The pattern sketches have changed according to the circumstances of Korean society. During the period of Japanese colonization from the 1920s to the 1940s the manufacture and the supply and demand of Mother-of-Pearl craftworks were controled by the Japanese government. As a result, many of the patterns were adjusted to the Japanese taste. Most of its customers were also Japanese. During the 1950s after Independence the American Military Forces appeared as new customers due to the Korean War. Thus, the traditional Korean patterns to decorate accessories adored by American soldiers gained popularity. Foreign Mother-of-Perls were imported from the late 1960s to the 1970s. They were bigger and more colorful than those of Korean and it enabled the sketches bigger and the patterns more various. The most popular pattern in this period was the pattern of cultural treasures, such as an image of Buddha, metalcraft works, porcelains and pagodas. In terms of a technique, new techniques, such as engraving and rusting were introduced. There was a great demand for Mother-of-Pearl craftworks in the 1970s as people were highly interested in them. They were entirely made to order and there was a large demand from diverse organizations, furniture dealers and individuals. And the Mother-of-Pearl craftwork was in full flourish in the 1970s due to the country's economic development and the growth of national income. Mass production of the works was possible and the professional designers who drew patterns actively worked in this period. The favor of Mother-of-Pearl craftworks declined in the 1980s since the built-in furniture and the Western style of furniture became prevalent due to the change of housing into apartments. But it seemed that the manufacture of Mother-of-Pearl craftworks revived for once the technique of Kunum-jil(끊음질 : cutting and attaching) became popular in Tong-young(統營). After the 1990s, however, the making of Mother-of-Pearl craftworks gradually declined as the need of them decreased. Now it barely maintains its existence by a few artisans.

The cultivation and characterization of imaged abalone pearls (문양화 전복진주의 양식 및 특성평가)

  • 박라영;김판채
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.78-81
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    • 2004
  • The nacre of imaged abalone pearls was obtained as a calcium carbonate of aragonite type. This result was same the nacre of natural abalone pearl. From the observation of SEM for the nacre adhered on the pearl nucleus, it was known that the layers of calcium carbonate and conchiolin were stratified. The growth rate of nacre was found to be 0.0056∼0.0074 mm/day, which is twice faster than that of traditional method used shells. The pendant and brooch were manufactured using the imaged abalone pearls.

Dielectrophoretic Alignment and Pearl Chain Formation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Deuterium Oxide Solution

  • Lee, Dong Su;Park, Yung Woo
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.248-253
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    • 2012
  • Dielectrophoretic filtering and alignment of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were tested using deuterium oxide as a solvent. A solution of deuterium oxide-SWCNTs was dropped on top of a silicon chip and an ac electric field was applied between pre-defined electrodes. Deuterium oxide was found to be a better solvent than hydrogen oxide for the dielectrophoresis process with higher efficiency of filtering. This was demonstrated by comparing Raman spectra measured on the initial solution with those measured on the filtered solution. We found that the aligned nanotubes along the electric field were not deposited on the substrate but suspended in solution, forming chain-like structures along the field lines. This so-called pearl chain formation of CNTs was verified by electrical measurements through the aligned tubes. The solution was frozen in liquid nitrogen prior to the electrical measurements to maintain the chain formation. The current-voltage characteristics for the sample demonstrate the existence of conduction channels in the solution, which are associated with the SWCNT chain structures.

An Experimental Study on Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) Culture (인공진주 양식에 관한 시험연구)

  • CHO Chang-Hwan;KWON Woo-Seop;KIM Moo-Sang;KIM Nam-Gil;LIM Dong-Taik
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.85-102
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    • 1988
  • An experimental study on seedling production and wintering to develop pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata culture in Korea was carried out. from December 1986 to November 1988 in waters of Kori and of Seogwipo as wintering and of Eogu as culturing grounds. All pearl oysters as the sample were imported from Japan. The highest water temperature at Eogu was $23.6^{\circ}C$ in August and the lowest at Kori and Seogwipo were $13.2^{\circ}C$ and $14.0^{\circ}C$c in February, respectively, Phytoplankton was relatively plentiful but mortality of pearl oysters was $20.5\%$, which was twice at Seogwipo, due to high amount of suspended muds. It shows that Seogwipo is better wintering ground even though the amount of phytoplankton is lower than Kori. Average rates of pearl production after 6-months and 15-months period were $58.2\%$ and $48.3\%$ respecitively. Thickness of pearl layer and coating rate were also satisfactory. More than half of the pearls produced was so-called the pink-pearl, the best colour. About $10\%$ of them was the best quality. There were three peaks of D-shape larvae from July to September and it took about one month for D-shape larvae to become seed-shells. Settling was satisfactory and most of them settled at 1$\~$3 m layer and the best was 2 m-layer. Success of settling was supposed due to high water temperature and low precipitation than the normal year.

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Effects of Pearl Barley on the Growth and Development of Albino Rats (율무쌀의 경구투여(經口投與)가 백서(白鼠)의 성장(成長)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Cho, Soo-Yeul;Park, Myeung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 1977
  • This study was designed to evaluate the nutritive value of pearl barley. Forty males and the same number of females of albino rats, the Leuise strain, weighing from 52.1g to 59.1g were divided into eight experimental groups, five males and females were composed of one group. A group: casein 15%+starch 75%+oil 8%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% B group: pearl barley 98%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% C group: rice 98%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% D group: barley 98%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% E group: rice 49%+pearl barley 49%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% F group: rice 73.5%+pearl barley 24.5%+vitamin mixture 1% +salt mixture 1% G group: barley 49%+pearl barley 49%+vitamin mixture 1% +salt mixture 1% H group: barley 73.5%+Pearl barley 24.5%+vitamin mixture 1%+salt mixture 1% The rats were kept in an individual cage and were fed 8 different diets for 7 weeks and fed by ad-libitum feeding method. The results of this study were eluciated as followings. 1. B group was significantly lower in weight gain than the other groups. 2. Polished pearl barley showed higher digestion rate in protein and carbohydrate than brown pearl barley but lower in fat. 3. Liver weight was obserbed significant differences between B group and C group. but no significant differences between the others. 4. B group was significantly lower in the total protein content of liver and A/G ratio in plasma than other groups. 5. B group was also the lowest in the hematocrit and hemoglobin contents among the experimental groups. 6. Free amino acid composition in plasma was similar to those in diet.

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Effects of ${\gamma}$-Ray Irradiation on the Color of Pearl Nucleus (감마선 (Co-60) 조사에 의한 진주 핵의 영향)

  • Kim, Hea-Yeon;Min, Bong-Ki;Jeong, Woo-Geon
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.247-252
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    • 2011
  • The effect of ${\gamma}$-ray irradiation on the color of nucleus and cultured pearls was investigated. After ($^{60}Co$) ${\gamma}$-ray irradiation on the pearl nucleus, its color was altered from brownish to blackish brown or gray depending on irradiation dose. It was clearly found that the all samples are composed of aragonite. ESR spectra were based on the measurement of the paramagnetic species $CO_2$-radicals by the interaction with the ${\gamma}$-ray irradiation in $Mn^{2+}$ containing $CaCO_3$. In this study, we investigated optimal detection method of ${\gamma}$-ray irradiation to establish destructive or non-destructive test for pearl nucleus.

Enhancement of flood stress tolerance for upland-adapted cereal crops by the close mixed-planting with rice

  • Iijima, Morio;Awala, Simon K;Hirooka, Yoshihiro;Yamane, Koji
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2017.06a
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    • pp.44-44
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    • 2017
  • Recently, the occurrences of extreme flooding and drought, often in the same areas, have increased due to climate change. We tested the hypothesis that wetland species could help upland species under flood conditions; that is, the roots of wetland crops may supply $O_2$ to the roots of upland crops by a series of experiments conducted in both humid Japan and semi-arid Namibia (See Iijima et al, 2016 and Awala et al, 2016). Firstly, flooding tolerance of upland-adapted staple crops-pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) mix-cropped with rice (Oryza spp.) was investigated in glasshouse and laboratory experiments in Japan. We found a phenomenon that strengthens the flood tolerance of upland crops when two species-one wetland and one drought tolerant-were grown using the mixed cropping technique that results in close tangling of their root systems, hereinafter referred to "close mixed-planting". This technique improved the photosynthetic and transpiration rates of the upland crops subjected to flood stress ($O_2$-deficient nutrient culture). Oxygen transfer was suggested between the two plants mix-cultured in water, implying its contribution to the phenomenon that improved the physiological status of upland crops under the simulated flood stress. Secondly, we further tested whether this phenomenon would be expressed under field flood conditions. The effects of close mixed-planting of pearl millet and sorghum with rice on their survival, growth and grain yields were evaluated under controlled field flooding in semi-arid Namibia during 2014/2015-2015/2016. Single-stand and mixed plant treatments were subjected to 11-22 day flood stress at the vegetative growth stage. Close Mixed-planting increased seedling survival rates in both pearl millet and sorghum. Grain yields of pearl millet and sorghum were reduced by flooding, in both the single-stand and mixed plant treatments, relative to the non-flooded upland yields, but the reduction was lower in the mixed plant treatments. In contrast, flooding increased rice yields. Both pearl millet-rice and sorghum-rice mixtures demonstrated higher land equivalent ratios, indicating a mixed planting advantage under flood conditions. These results indicate that mix-planting pearl millet or sorghum with rice could alleviate flood stress on dryland cereals. The results also suggest that with this cropping technique, rice could compensate for the dryland cereal yield losses due to field flooding. Mixed cropping of wet and dryland crops is a new concept to overcome flood stress under variable environmental conditions.

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A Study on Visual Mise-en-Scene of VR Animation (VR 애니메이션 의 시각적 미장센 연구)

  • Lee, Lang-Goo;Chung, Jean-Hun
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.407-413
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    • 2017
  • Mis-en-Scene is a direction method of image aesthetics for constructing screen and space. Mis-en-Scene is important factor not only in plays and movies, but also in animations, and it is a strong method to induce audience to immerse in the works and to continue the immersion. This study examined animation's Mis-en-Scene based on theories of Mis-en-Scene in movies, how Mis-en-Scene is directed and expressed in virtual spaces, and what factors and characteristics induce audience to immerse in the works and continue the immersion through analysis on visual Mis-en-Scene factors of a specific case, VR animation . It was found that as visual Mis-en-Scene factors, character and props, background, unique quality and friendliness of character, natural movement and acting, symbolism and utilization, and variety and consistency of background induce and sustain immersion. It is thought that this study would helpful for related areas based on the findings which suggest that there is a need for differentiated measure and method to catch audience's eyes and sustain immersion utilizing characteristics of vidual Mis-en-Scene factors in VR animation in the future.

A Study on the Costume n "The Goddess Abides" of Pearl S. Buck (Pearl S. Buck의 "The Goddess Abides"에 나타난 복식의 분석)

  • 임경심;김진구
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.18
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    • pp.351-359
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    • 1992
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the costume in $\ulcorner$The Goddess Abides$\lrcorner$ of Pearl S. Buck by applying "Dramaturgical Analysis" of Erving Goffman. The frame of analysis is the dramaturgical conception of Goffman that he expressed in $\ulcorner$The Presentation of self in Everyday Life (1959)$\lrcorner$. Among the conception, I analyzed by applying 'performance', 'technique of impression management', 'region and region behavior' which can be used for studying and costume behavior. The following is the summary of my study. First, the performance means the performer's behavior and the procedure of impression management if face to fact interaction, which includes personal front and setting. Setting is mainly a house on the Mt. in Vermont. The time is Winter. The personal front includes appearance and manner. actors and audiences form impression through persional front. And Istudied the performance of the actors (or actress), Edith, Jared, Edmond, Edwin, Amelia, June. As for technique of impression management, I cold observe that a varieth of that were being used, such as the most general one that Edith wants to look beautiful by making god appearance, or she sometimes try not to look beautiful And when Edith meets Jared, sometimes she changed her clothes, but other times she doesn't do that. As for region and region behavior, there appears the distinction of region and a lot of expressions about clothes related to the distinction. I could observe the expressions showing the movement from front to back and from back to front. Especially I could observe the behaviors that can be occured only in back region in everyday life, that is bathing, changing clothes, making up, checking their appearance before the mirror. Like above when I analyzed $\ulcorner$The Goddess Abides$\lrcorner$ of Pearl S. Buck by Goffman's Dramaturgical analysis, I could find out that the theory was very useful to the analysis of the costume behaviors of the characters.

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Preparation and Coating of Red Colored Artificial Pearl by CVD Method (CVD법을 이용한 적색 인조진주 코팅 및 제조)

  • Shin, Cheol-Woo;Choi, Kyoung-Rim;Lee, Dong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.857-864
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    • 2018
  • Demand for developing artificial green pearl that meets the needs of modern people has been increasing. In this paper, eco-friendly inorganic pearlescent pigment was used instead of organic pigment and urethane resin was substituted for nitrocellulose which has been used as main materials in previous preparation method, increasing gloss from 73.4% to 86.7%. Urethane was coated on substrate before finishing with CVD, resulting high gloss of 96%. Colorimeteric analysis shows that a* and b* of CIE value was changed from +37.7 and +24.5 to +31.9 and +14.2 respectively because of CVD finishing, obtaining colorful, high gloss and durable artificial pearl. Quality and toxicity of samples was established by chemical resistance, glossiness, colorimeter, surface roughness, wear resistance, content of heavy-metal, and salt water test.