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| In the Korean TV exhibit 'Faith' (신의), the main actress, Kim HeeSeon, tells of an expensive Goryeo celadon vase. (SBS) |
By Korea.net Honorary Reporter Diana Trifonova
In the world of Korean soap operas, the twelvemonth 2012 is remembered for the funny mish-mash betwixt history as well as fiction that came to life amongst the TV serial "Faith" (신의) (SBS, 2012). The production starring Lee Min Ho as well as Kim HeeSeon tells the storey of a modern-day plastic surgeon (Kim HeeSeon) who's kidnapped as well as forced to go dorsum inward fourth dimension to ancient Goryeo. While inward the past, she falls for the primary of the violet guards, played past times Lee Min Ho. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 especially memorable instant inward the serial that popped upward throughout the episodes was when Kim HeeSeon’s graphic symbol kept trying unsuccessfully to bag a Goryeo celadon vase amongst the intent of selling it for a huge amount of coin 1 time she returned to the future.
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| A celadon chrysanthemum double-walled vessel is made past times Kim Seyong. (Diana Trifonova) |
This scene came to hear when, a calendar week ago, I attended my kickoff exhibition of modern Korean ceramics at the Korean Cultural Center inward the U.K. The exhibition, "Constancy as well as Change inward Korean Traditional Craft," presents to the populace 4 traditional Korean ceramic styles, equally good equally objects amongst a modern-day twist. There's the already-mentioned celadon, or cheongja, baekja porcelain, buncheong gray ceramic ware that has a tint of white and onggi food storage vats that are around ever brown. All of them are all on display at the cultural centre between May iii as well as June 3.
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| The exhibition features photos of the hands of the potters. (Diana Trifonova) |
The exhibitions offering a rare glimpse into to a greater extent than or less xc ceramic works. On display you lot tin move encounter containers, vessels, stationery, satelite jars as well as traditional H2O carriers. The exhibition also takes you lot through the procedure of making ceramics, presenting a vast disclose of tools that artists would use to create such beautiful objects, equally good equally a serial of photos that acquaint the most of import ingredients inward the creation of such objects: the hands of the artists.
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| A celadon container is made past times Yoo Kwangyul. (Diana Trifonova) |
The exquisite as well as really fragile celadon pieces on display in the exhibition are an event of the main types of ceramics produced on the Korean Peninsula during the 5 centuries of Goryeo (918-1392). The color of the Goryeo celadon owes much to the presence of iron, manganese oxide as well as quartz inward the glaze. Today, simply similar inward the past, the tradition of Korean celadon is preserved inward Jeollabukdo Province as well as Jeollanamdo Province. This includes, specifically, the percentage around Gangjin.
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| A porcelain satelite jounce is past times Seo Kwangsu. (Diana Trifonova) |
A 2nd serial of really traditional Korean objects that tin move live seen at the exhibition are the famous satelite jars. These milky white, soundless bluish, porcelain jars are masterpieces. They were really pop inward the mid-17th to the mid-18th century as well as were used to shop nutrient as well as beverages. The simplicity of the jars has inspired many contemporary artists, including the prominent New York-based writer Kang Ik-Joong. An interesting appear of the procedure of making these jars is that because of their size equally good equally because of the softness of the clay, the transcend as well as the bottom business office of the vessels are made separately, as well as then the potter has to accommodate them later.
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| Other ceramic wares are also on display. (Diana Trifonova) |
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