Master Ceramics Craftsmen from Icheon, South Korea

“ICHEON: Reviving the Korean Ceramics Tradition” was an unprecedented exhibition organized by Icheon, South Korea, and presented at the American Museum of Ceramic Art last year. Icheon Ceramics Village in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, has a history of ceramic culture that began over 5000 years ago and has a reputation for its internationally renowned ceramics cultural events. It is home to over 300 ceramics studios where artists use traditional techniques to produce a wide range of functional pottery and artwork. Nearly 40 of the studios still use wood-fired kilns. This series of six videos, made by the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA, shows five ceramic masters from Icheon at work in their studios. It is truly beautiful — and time well spent! — to watch the creative process of each artist.