Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 275 x 275 x 430 mm 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 405 x 310 x 165 mm 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 620 x 300 x 100 mm 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 370 x 250 x 150 mm 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 240 x 210 x 115 mm 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 2017

Leathered Bowl, Leather, Lacquered 400 x 340 x 100 mm 2017

Slice of Life , Leather, Lacquered 240 x 240 x 170 mm 2017

There are many things that are made of leather. Some of them protect our body like clothes and shoes, and others provide a function such as bags. Soft and durable leather offers reliable protection against damage from sharp or abrasive objects.

Craftsmen are specialists in materials. I majored in metal works and was exposed to leather in the process of making various crafts. I was immediately fascinated. I used to mix metal and leather at first, but recently I have concentrated on using only leather.

The series of “Leathered Bowls” is completed by rolling up cut leather strings into a certain shape and lacquering the surface. The pattern is made by winding a short unit of leather strings into a round shape and lines are added until it gradually spreads.

The set of lines create the outer structure that can expand spatially and form the “bowl”. This process is like the growth of plants and animals that adapt to changes in their external environment.

Each shape develops its own identity from the passage of time and unexpected events. The pattern made by the gathering of leather strings is like a growth ring of a tree that has been produced by repeated changes in temperature over many years. The Leathered Bowl, which is made of leather and completed with lacquer, is a vessel that conveys life.

Junsu Kim

Vases, stoneware, 2018

Figures from drawing, stoneware, 2016

Figures become patterns, pigment on canvas, Figures from drawing, stoneware, 2016

Figures become patterns, pigment on canvas, Figures from drawing, stoneware, 2016

Figures from drawing, stoneware, 2016, 18x12x57 / 45x12x50 /

Figures from drawing, stoneware, 2016, 23x13x54 / 20x13x51

When objects are viewed with pure sense, they are just bodies in a space. To see things with pure sense means that it removes the notional existence of them and their individuality. In that moment, everything from bodies to light and shadow becomes an expanded image.

In my paintings, I express the way bodies are looked under the pure sense. And I extract some parts of the paintings to make new forms.

​ Although no words can be defined as the beauty in its process, my intention is to make new forms by bringing out the lines and the colors from already existing figures.

Gippeum Roh

Architectural Drawing, 2016

Container in an architectural mood, 2016

A prizewinner in the Cheongiu International Craft Bienniale in Korea in 2011, she has exhibited throughout Korea and in Taiwan and Denmark.

Specialising in pinched pots, she explores both domestic ware and sculpture. In 2014 she spent 6 months as artist in residence at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark. While she was there, she experimented with wood firing, an experience which has profoundly affected her working methods. She is currently artist in residence at the Clay Arch Museum in Korea, where she is developing new work.

Kyungwon Baek was born in 1987 in South Korea and studied ceramics at Seoul National University. She earned B.F.A in 2010 and M.F.A in 2013 from Seoul National University. She was a resident artist at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Center(Denmark) in 2014 and 2017, at Gimhae Clayarch Museum(South Korea) in 2015 and at The Ceramic House(U.K) in 2017.

She has been living and working in Seoul. She has done many commission works including collaboration with Izzat Baba, Korean fashion brand, as well as group exhibitions. In 2017, KyungWon Baek was nominated as a finalist of 2nd Open to Art, International Contemporary Art and Design Ceramics Competition promoted by Officine Saffi, the gallery specializing in Ceramics in Milan.

Kyungwon Baek