A trip to the ceramic kilns and pottery studios in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do. Icheon has been the center of Korean ceramic craftmanship for 500 years.

Etching vase detail

Stamp detailing

Painting

Ready for the glaze

Waiting

Traditional Korean fire kiln

Kiln mouth

The finished product

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Discard pile

Repurposed

Bowls

Brown vase

Tiger detail

White pottery

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Open work