Marc Brackley on wed 4 dec 96
Kate:
If you get the chance you should visit the studio (or kiln as they call
it in Korea) of Mr. Cho Ki-Jung. He is designated a living treasure by
the government of Korea. His work is traditional, and he is credited for
having rediscovered the process for obtaining blue celadons of the
quality of ancient times. Mr. Cho just left San Antonio where he did a
10 day artist in residency at the Southwest Craft Center. The residency
was arranged by the City of San Antonio, as it and Kwangju are sister
cities. As you may know, Kwangju is a renowned city for the arts in
Korea, as well as the major force behind the democratization of South
Korea. I can dig up his address for you if you e-mail directly and give
me a couple of days to find it. You should have no trouble finding him
though, with the following:
Cho Ki-Jung
Moo-Deung Kiln
Kwangju, Korea
You will find it a fascinating visit.
Marc Brackley
Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs
City of San Antonio, TX
m&m Brackley on thu 5 dec 96
Kate:
If you get the chance you should visit the studio (or kiln as they call
it in Korea) of Mr. Cho Ki-Jung. He is designated a living treasure by
the government of Korea. His work is traditional, and he is credited for
having rediscovered the process for obtaining blue celadons of the
quality of ancient times. Mr. Cho just left San Antonio where he did a
10 day artist in residency at the Southwest Craft Center. The residency
was arranged by the City of San Antonio, as it and Kwangju are sister
cities. As you may know, Kwangju is a renowned city for the arts in
Korea, as well as the major force behind the democratization of South
Korea. I can dig up his address for you if you e-mail directly and give
me a couple of days to find it. You should have no trouble finding him
though, with the following:
Cho Ki-Jung
Moo-Deung Kiln
Kwangju, Korea
You will find it a fascinating visit.
Marc Brackley
Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs
City of San Antonio, TX
Donna Townsend on mon 13 jul 98
I have a friend who is going to Korea this week. He is a potter and is
interested in any exhibitions/ workshops etc. that may be happening in Korea
in the next three weeks, also names of important galleries, potteries, etc.
Any information about ceramics in Korea would be appreciated, I can e-mail him
information during his trip as I get it. Thank you.
Mo and Les Beardsley on tue 14 jul 98
Donna Townsend wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have a friend who is going to Korea this week. He is a potter and is
> interested in any exhibitions/ workshops etc. that may be happening in Korea
> in the next three weeks, also names of important galleries, potteries, etc.
> Any information about ceramics in Korea would be appreciated, I can e-mail him
> information during his trip as I get it. Thank you.
Hi
What a shame...In June there was a great workshop held by Kim Yung
Moon near Osan. Yung Moon is a potter who does traditional ware as well
as commercial ware. The workshop involved cultural affairs such as
dance, music, visiting historical sites etc. Everyone who went had a
great time. There were people there from Slovica, B.C. Texas and south
Carolina, Japan & many Korean Potters.
His address is: Kim Yung Moon,
Kyung Guido,
Kwal- 3 Dong 442
PJ Kiln
Osan City, South Korea
Phone: 0339-374-1336.
He has a friend who will pass email onto him:
beam@chollian.net
He is exceptionally hospitable. Take a musical instrument if you play.
He loves jam sessions and plays a wonderful flute.
Regards
Maureen Beardsley, Ladysmith where it is chilly and raining right now
but I have three pink tomatoes on their way to ripening. Can't wait.
Mo and Les Beardsley on sat 18 jul 98
DGHT921@aol.com wrote:
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> From:
> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:41:13 EDT
> To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
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> Subject: Korean Potters
> Status: RO
>
> Asking again for any information about Korean potters, exhibitions, workshops
> in Korea at the present time, I have a friend currently in Korea who I will
> forward the info to. He is based in Seoul but would have access to anywhere
> else. Thanks
Hi...I did this once but it may have gotten lost in the system. There
is a great potter named Kim Yung Moon in Osan just south of Seoul.
His address is: Kim Yung Moon
Kyung Gido
Kwal-3 Dong 442
PJ Kiln
Osan City, South Korea
Phone: 0339-374-1336
He is very hospitable and enjoys playing the flute. He has a seven
chamber noborigama that is wood fired and as well has a commercial
pottery. I am sure he would make you welcome.
Regards
Bruce Beardsley who just returned from a two week international wksp
in Osan with potters from B.C. Canada, Japan, Korea, the Slovack and
from USA, Texas and South Carolina. It was great fun.
on sat 18 jul 98
Asking again for any information about Korean potters, exhibitions, workshops
in Korea at the present time, I have a friend currently in Korea who I will
forward the info to. He is based in Seoul but would have access to anywhere
else. Thanks
d.alexander@bonhams.com on tue 4 aug 98
In article <5d6ccf97.35aa4d8a@aol.com>,
Donna Townsend wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have a friend who is going to Korea this week. He is a potter and is
> interested in any exhibitions/ workshops etc. that may be happening in Korea
> in the next three weeks, also names of important galleries, potteries, etc.
> Any information about ceramics in Korea would be appreciated, I can e-mail him
> information during his trip as I get it. Thank you.
> THE ARTS AND INFLUENCE OF KOREA AND JAPAN
INCLUDING
THE JANET LEACH COLLECTION
AT
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Wednesday 16th September 1998
PART I: Important Korean Ceramics from The Janet Leach Collection and
Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art Tuesday 15th September
PART II: Textiles, Art Reference Books & Lacquer work
Wednesday 16th September at 3.00pm
PART III: Masterworks
Wednesday 16th September at 6.00pm
Bonhams are to hold a sale of antique Japanese and Korean Works of Art
including ceramics, inro, netsuke and other items for the first part of this
sale. Many of the pieces in the sale are from The Janet Leach collection
including a large and extremely rare Korean Vase.
Highlighting the sale is the eminent early Korean Moon Vase, Choson Dynasty
(17th/18th century) from the personal collection of Janet Leach, estimate on
request. This large Imperial globular stoneware vase was brought over from
Korea by Bernard Leach, who unable to travel with it, left it stored with
Dame Lucie Rie at her studio. On his return to London Leach decided that the
pot was so well suited to Lucie s studio that it should be left there. Upon
her death it was returned to Janet Leach at Rie s request. A photograph
taken by Lord Snowdon for The Sunday Times Magazine shows Lucie Rie seated
beside the globular Vase, in her studio. The immense size of the piece
indicates that it would have been made for the Imperial family. This
masterpiece is extremely rare and similar in size and shape to one in the
National Museum of Korea in Seoul.
Timed to coincide with the exhibition Shoji Hamada Master Potter, at Bonhams
in association with Asia House (4-17 September 1998), an auction of important
works by Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach and Kenkichi Tomimoto amongst other
Japanese National Treasures, entitled Part III - Masterworks will be held on
Wednesday 16th September 1998. Supplementing the superb range of ceramics on
offer is a selection scrolls, wood block prints, hand woven textiles and The
Janet Leach Library.
Other important items featured in the sale include two rare Jomon clay pots
with incised decoration from 2,000 - 3,000 BC and a Tamba ash glazed pot from
the Japanese Edo period, (#4,000-6,000). The work of Shoji Hamada
(1894-1977), one of the greatest ceramicists of the twentieth century and an
inspiration to generations of potters, is well represented in Part III with
close to 20 key pieces to be offered. Items of special interest include a
magnificent tall stoneware Bottle Vase with a transparent glaze decorated
with a wax resist design of foliage to either side, c.1930 (#7,000-9,000) and
another stoneware Vase painted with orchids at #6,000-#8,000. Also of
importance is an extremely rare stoneware cut sided Bulbous Pot with painted
green and red enamel (#6,000-#8,000) from The Janet Leach Collection and a
stoneware Square Dish in tenmoku with a vertical and wavy kaki design to be
sold with its original wooden signed box (#6,000-8,000). Amongst the more
unusual items to be offered are a pair of boxed Hamada large ceramic
Handwarmers, (#7,500-9,000).
From the age of sixteen Hamada devoted his life to pottery. In 1918 he met
Bernard Leach in Kyoto where they worked together fusing what they believed
to be the most important achievements in Eastern and Western ceramics. In
1920 Leach invited Hamada to England where they established the St. Ives
Pottery and built the first English 3-chamber kiln. Michael Cardew later
exclaimed that "The landing of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada on the island
of Britain in 1920 was for craftsmen potters the most significant event of
the 20th century". Hamada returned to Japan in 1924 and settled at Mashiko
where he established his own pottery. By 1955 he was nominated a "Living
National Treasure" ("Holder of an Intangible Cultural Property") for his folk
style art ceramics created at Mashiko where he was one of the leaders of the
Mingei craft movement.
The work of Hamada achieved international status partly due to his
collaboration with Bernard Leach, whose work was greatly inspired by Japanese
techniques. The Janet Leach Collection comprises a number of important works
related to her husband, Bernard Leach (1887-1979), Janet Leach s private
collection of works by other potters and her comprehensive reference library.
Within the Leach library, to be sold in Part II, are numerous signed copies
and important first editions. Rare books include Bernard Leach s signed copy
of his book A Potter s Portfolio, 1951 including his handwritten annotations
and corrections (#400-600). Photographs used to illustrate the book feature
items from Leach s personal collection which are included in the auction. Of
special interest is an early English slipware dish, 18th/19th century
(#400-600) and a Japanese stoneware plate decorated with flowers and foliage,
18th/19th century (#1,100-1,500). Other important texts include the rare
printed book An English Artist in Japan, 1919, by Leach comprising
reproductions of his ceramics, drawings and poems along with essays by Leach
and others, estimate #600-900. Of particular relevance to the auction and the
Shoji Hamada exhibition is copy of A Potters Book, 1952 by Bernard Leach
signed "BL Black Mountain, 1952" and "J. Darnell".(Janet Leach s maiden
name). Black Mountain was where Susan Peterson invited Hamada and Leach to
lecture a group of students, one of whom was Janet. Nearly fifty years
later, on Thursday 10th September, Susan Peterson, potter, teacher and
writer, will give a lecture at Bonhams entitled: Shoji Hamada: A Potter s Way
& Work.
An impressive and varied range of works by Bernard Leach span his career and
interests featuring everything from early St. Ives ceramics to hand painted
fans. Particularly impressive is a large stoneware plate featuring his famous
"Pilgrim" design, (#8,000-12,000) and a rare biscuit fired stoneware jar with
incised decoration of the Tree of Life , for estimate refer to department.
The unfinished pot was left by Leach s wheel together with a similar one by
Hamada and is of great academic interest as it was decorated but only biscuit
fired and is the only known example of this stage of Leach s technique. Also
of interest is one of Leach s favourite pieces a fluted celadon bowl,
(#2,500-3,500).
Many items in the sale reflect the personal nature and relationship of
Bernard and Janet Leach and the influence Japan and the Far East had on them.
A simple silver ring, made in Japan, featuring the Pilgrim design for Janet
at the request of Bernard is included. Two unique papyrus fans depict hand
painted drawings by Bernard Leach and are signed "BL 1953". One of Leach s
greatest friends and colleagues was fellow associate of the Mingei movement,
Kenkichi Tomimoto. An item of real sentiment included in the auction is a
scroll featuring a drawing by Tomimoto entitled "The Road", (#4,000-6,000).
At either end of the scroll are ceramic batton caps crafted by Leach and
signed "BL", and on the back it is touchingly inscribed "For Janet my wife,
at my death". Another indication of Leach s relationship with Tomimoto is
portrayed in one of the many books offered, given by Tomimoto to Leach and
inscribed with the message "50 years of friendship".
Bernard Leach who spent his childhood in the East, but studied drawing and
etching in London from 1903-7, left England for Japan in 1909. His first
contact with pottery was at a raku party near Tokyo in 1911 and until his
death in 1979 pottery remained at the heart of his varied and creative life.
Kenkichi Tomimoto (1886-1963), appointed a Japanese National Treasure in
1955, is well represented in the sale. Important items include a fine square
stoneware dish in the Oribe style, #4,000-#6,000 and a blue and white
porcelain incense burner, 1933 (#2,800-3,500). Further important lots by
Tomimoto illustrate his close relationship with Bernard Leach. A small model
of a firing kiln by Tomimoto will be of great interest to collectors as it
was sent to Leach as a design for the St Ives kiln, the most important kiln
in Britain, and is now estimated at #800-#1,200.
Work by contemporary potters includes a small bizen vase with inlaid rope
design by Tatsuzo Shimaoka who was designated a National Living Treasure in
1996, estimate #600-#800 and a porcelain Kutani flower vase in a vivid
blue/indigo by Tokuda Yasokichi III who was designated a master in 1997
(#1,000-1,500), along with pots by Kawai, Morino and Arakawa and many of the
most celebrated Japanese potters of today.
The title of a Japanese "National Living Treasure" can be awarded to
craftsmen practising numerous applied arts which adhere to the Japanese
tradition. Masters are nominated in many fields including ceramics,
textiles, lacquerware, woodwork and printmaking amongst others. Featured in
Part II of the auction is a large selection of impressive works from woven
fabrics for kimono through lacquerwork to bamboo including a pair of
travelling chopsticks exquisitely crafted by a master in their signed
wooden box.
Information : d.alexander@bonhams.com
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