Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Inspired by Korean Celadon-Glazed Porcelain

As I look at more different variations of Meiping in Chinese (梅瓶) and Maebyong in Korean (매병) vases, I am attracted to the Korean specimen produced in Koryo or Goryeo (高麗) period (918~1392). The ones I like use iron underglaze with Celadon glazed porcelain. Some of them have almost the entire plant in a natural form depicted on the vase as if the potters made deliberate effort not to patternize the plant. The result gives the look of a very natural and care-free plant that looks as if it is swaying with the wind on the side of a vase.
Although I really like the shape of Meiping vase, I used one of my bowl, and also, cobalt is readily available to me, I decided to use that instead of iron. So, my end product looks far from Koryo Maebyong vase, hopefully I captured the essence of what originally inspired me to make this piece.



1 comment:

  1. You are welcome! I hope Korean pottery gets more attention that deserves.

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