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Gyung Kyun Shin

  • Jang-An-Yo
  • Ceramicist
  • Jangan-eup, South Korea
  • Master Artisan
Gyung Kyun Shin Ceramicist
Contact
Korean, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+82 517276647
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Aesthetics of process

  • • Gyung Kyun has 40 years of experience as a potter
  • • He learns a great deal from the process of failure
  • • He is a culinary professional

Gyung Kyun Shin incorporates his own interpretation on the traditional techniques. Shin's techniques are inherited from his father – the renowned ceramicist Jung-hee Shin – who was known for recreating Goryeo ceramics in the 1960s and 1970s. Shin's ceramics radiate traditional beauty with a contemporary twist. They are fired in the traditional wood-fired kiln, a true display of Korea's natural beauty. Simple, authentic yet delicate and stylish, Shin's ceramics are the perfect bridge between traditional art and modern living. His moon jars were presented at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 2014.

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Works

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Moon jar

This is a moon jar made from Kaolin. Two semi-circles, formed on a traditional potter’s wheel, have been joined together, resulting in a moon-shaped asymmetrical circle. It is white with subtle shades of blue, yellow and green from soil trace minerals, heated at a high temperature of 1350°C.

Height 39 cm
Diameter 42.2 cm

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Moon jar

This moon jar, made in 2009, is formed out of Kaolin, two semi-circles have been joined giving a moon-shaped incomplete circle, from where it gets its name. It is made from turning a traditional potter’s wheel and the rough texture of the surface was formed by using white Kaolin, it represents the coarse surface of the moon.

Height 40.5 cm
Diameter 41.5 cm

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Moon jar

This moon jar from 2017, is made out of Kaolin using a traditional Korean wooden wheel and fired in a traditional kiln using pine trees which have been dried for five years. The base colour is white, with trace minerals in the soil fired through high temperature emerging as subtle shades of blue, yellow and green.

Height 51 cm
Diameter 47 cm

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Moon jar

This moon jar from 2019 is glazed with feldspato from Mungyeong and oak ashes. The base colour is white, but trace minerals in the soil fired through high temperature give it blue, yellow and light green hues. The upper part is black glazed with iron.

Height 43.5 cm
Diameter 47 cm

Photo: © Kwangseop Kim
Moon jar

This 2015 moon jar is made using a traditional Korean wooden wheel and fired in a traditional kiln using pine trees which have been dried for five years. The base colour is white, with trace minerals in the soil fired through high temperature, creating traces of blue, yellow and green. It is an asymmetric moon shape rather than a perfect circle.

Height 45.2 cm
Diameter 47.2 cm

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