Friday, June 26, 2009

Gas Fired Pieces By Lee Tae Ho




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Anonymous said...

you must have access to a lot of great pots! do you own all these wonderful pots or are you able to take photos in a store that carries them? yi tae ho is one of my favorite korean potters, however i much prefer his woodfired work to his new soda glazed gas fired work. have you ever seen work by yoo tae keun? he is a ceramics professor at mungyeong university and i first saw it at the mungyeong tea festival last may. FANTASTIC! thanks for your great pot posts. are you a potter yourself? andy

June 27, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Matt said...

Andy,

One has amended the transliteration to 'Lee Tae Ho' from 'Lee Jae Ho' as it is closer to his Korean name. One has only came across one wood fired work from this artist- a wood fired 'na nom sa bal' ( http://mattchasblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/wood-fired-na-noom-sa-bal-serving-pot.html). The detail in this work is wonderful, much more natural than his gas fired pieces. Although from a distance there is no way you could differentiate the two.

One has came across You Tae Keun's works before. Unfortunately, one has no photographed works from this artist.

Ha ha ha... every few months someone asks if all the works on the blog are mine. One has a few very modest pieces. Most are pictured in art galleries, and shops owned by friends.

One is not a potter, just a simple tea drinker.

Thanks for stopping by Andy. How is the tea study going?

Peace

June 28, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Anonymous said...

Hi,
i write lee tae ho, too. but on one of his exhibition postcards he had yi tae ho. anyway...

the detail in his work is wonderful indeed. i was just looking at a nice woodfired piece of his at a small gallery in insadong and teh surface was full of life. there was a beautiful grey, purple and black landscape where it has sat in coals in the kiln. there were also these very tiny little cracks, reminiscent of something by yang seung ho, but nowhere near as deep and intense that looked like maybe he had pushed the body out after it had dried a little...?

what i like most about his pots are how slightly "loose" and natural they appear, but upon closer inspection the lid fits very tight- hardly any room to wiggle- and they pour very well. a lot of focus an energy goes into the pieces.

but at W200k, they were out of my range.

so far i have not begun at panyaro. i spoke with the woman and she said she is busy and call her back in july. so july it is. i will call next week. i am really looking forward to it. i have no idea what to expect though. i have just read 2 book in english about the korean tea ceremony and want to learn more.

June 29, 2009 at 2:03 AM
Matt said...

Andy,

200 000 Korean won isn't that bad, at least average, for a good wood fired pot. You described his pots as 'loose', that's about right.

One is always in awe at how beautiful and natural the displays are in the galleries. Surely, these displays have influenced the photos on this blog.

Peace

June 29, 2009 at 10:24 PM

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