This is a roughly 2-hour traditional craft class near Seoul City Hall Station where you wear a hanbok and make your own mother-of-pearl wish stone. Enjoy traditional Korean tea and sweets while you learn about the craft, then choose a natural stone and attach hand-cut mother-of-pearl pieces one by one. Your finished stone is wrapped in a traditional bojagi cloth to take home as a keepsake. The class is small, with up to 10 participants.

Make a mother-of-pearl wish stone
in a hanbok near City Hall Station

This is a roughly 2-hour traditional craft class held on the 4th floor of a building on Sejong-daero 16-gil in Jung-gu, Seoul. Put on a hanbok, enjoy traditional tea and sweets, then make your own wish stone with mother-of-pearl pieces to take home. Up to 10 participants join each class.

Wear a hanbok and enjoy tea and sweets

The class begins with putting on a hanbok, and you can take photos in it. While you enjoy traditional Korean tea and sweets, a certified craft instructor introduces the history of mother-of-pearl and the symbolism of traditional motifs such as cranes, pine trees and lotus flowers.

Choose a stone and design your wish

Pick a stone you like from a selection of natural stones, each with its own shape, texture and weight. Plan your layout with the instructor, choosing from traditional Korean motifs or creating a pattern with your own meaning.

Set the mother-of-pearl and finish your stone

Following the instructor's guidance, attach hand-cut mother-of-pearl pieces to your stone one by one. This step takes about 50 minutes and is done slowly and with focus. After coating and sealing, the stone shimmers gold, green, blue and white depending on the angle. Your finished stone is wrapped in a traditional Korean bojagi cloth.

• Please check your mobile voucher by email or in the WAUG app.

• Go to the meeting point at your booked time and show the voucher to the instructor.

• The voucher is valid only on the date and time you selected.

Meeting point:
Space Hawk
23, Sejong-daero 16-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul (4th floor)

Meeting point guide:
It is about a 3-minute walk from Exit 7 of City Hall Station (Lines 1 and 2). The building is diagonally across from the entrance of the Claven Hotel, with a gukbap restaurant on the 1st floor and a tonkatsu restaurant on the 2nd floor. Enter the building and open the entrance door to find the stairs. Space Hawk is on the 4th floor.

Cancellation and refunds

Cancel at least 24 hours before the activity date for a full refund.

Participation restrictions

Children under 7 years old cannot participate.

On-site information

The class is taught in English. Up to 10 participants join each class. The class lasts about 2 hours, and making the wish stone takes about 50 minutes.