Q. What emotions do you feel in moments such as touching clay, applying glaze, or placing a piece into the kiln?
A. Only later did I realize that living alongside my master taught me not merely techniques, but an entire way of approaching life itself.
A single vessel can only be completed when clay, trees, people, weather, and even the entire universe come together to help. Because of that, the emotion I feel most deeply each time is gratitude.
Q. What do you consider most important when creating a tea bowl?
A. I believe it is overall harmony. A tea bowl is small in scale, yet profound emotion emerges when every element exists in harmony. That harmony is only possible when one devotes complete concentration from the first stage of work to the very last.
Q. Compared to tea bowls such as Japanese Raku ware, how would you describe the unique charm of Korean tea bowls?
A. When looking at works by artists from Japan and other countries, I realized that ceramics also contain something like a national character. Korean vessels, perhaps because they are shaped by our own emotional sensibilities, often possess a simple and comforting warmth. That is why they bring a sense of ease to the heart.
睱 茶