Park Jong Il
Friday, January 31, 2014

The Family

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If you are new to this blog, please begin here . Although we had met Park Jong Il some years before and even sponsored his visit...

Jong Il's Gama - The Kiln

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If you are new to this blog, please begin here . If you have never sat alone firing a wood kiln on a cool night when the ...

Handling Water

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If you are new to this blog, please begin here .   The way a tea ware artist decides to handle water is an important part of their prod...

Park Jong Il's Ch’at gi and Ch'akwan

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If you are new to this blog, please begin here . Park Jong I'ls ch'at gi or tea sets like all of his work are very Korean....

Park Jong Il’s Chatchan and Chawan

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If you are new to this blog, please begin here . For a tea ware artist to create truly significant work, they must know Tea. Does th...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Park Jong Il's Home and Tea Gallery

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The View From Park Jong Il's Home and Tea Gallery If you are new to this blog, please begin here . There is an old Korean sa...
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Cho Hak
I am a Korean American potter and retired professor. I worked principally with Kenneth Beittel, Hamada Shoji, Manji Inouie and worked in Icheon, Korea. I’ve been a potter for many years and fire mostly in gas and wood. Occasionally, I fire anagama with Ken Shenstone. Mary, my wife joins me in this work. For nearly 40 years, I have also been interested in Korean tea, about 10 years ago I decided to try to promote Korean tea and Korean tea ware. That was when Morning Crane Tea was born. Why have I not mentioned the long interest in Korean tea here before. I consider myself to still be a beginner. At the same time, I know many others who consider themselves experts on Korean Tea having studied it a few months or a year or even after one trip to Korea to view their tea fields or a few conversations with several Korean tea people. If they are experts and I am not, why do I find so many errors in their work? In another ten years I may no longer say I am a beginner, but until then this is what you have.
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