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kottke.org posts about Yu Myeong Sik

Watch Two Korean Master Potters at Work

After the salt harvesting video I posted this afternoon, I got on a mini-roll watching videos from Eater’s Handmade series โ€” specifically two Korean pottery videos. In the first video, master craftsman Yu Myeong Sik from the Kwangjuyo Group demonstrates how to make incredibly beautiful and delicate handmade bowls:

While in this one, Heo Jin Kyu shows how he makes huge pots used for fermenting kimchi called onggi:

As you might expect from the finished products, there are striking differences in their respective processes, but the level of craftsmanship and respect for traditional materials & practices are very similar.