Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Korean moon pots!

Korean moon pots are the largest thrown forms I've ever seen personally. They aren't necessarily thrown in one piece, though some are. The pure white porcelain was seen as the highest level of purity, and the imperfections that this theme shows clearly were prized as expressions of character.

7 comments:

  1. One time I made an ashtray in a pottery class. It looked terrible but my mom loved it.

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  2. I wouldn't think imperfection would be a good thing in pottery.

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  3. I find the concept of purity and imperfections come into play on the same piece. Sometime imperfections are great because they give the piece character; but with something like this I thought they'd be more like to make every piece perfect. Still stunning work, though.

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  4. not for me, i think they look really tacky

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  5. If I was more into this style, I would probly appreciate the complexities of the flaws more.

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  6. With the widespread use of molds in today's commercial ceramics, no successful ceramic artist attempts to achieve a perfect pot. Perfect shapes have become the norm for common utensils, so we definitely try to leave a personal mark on our pieces.

    Thanks everyone for following, I definitely get why these don't appeal to some people, but I hope it taught you something you didn't already know about a culture.

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