Mr.Romance's lovely video of master artisans creating ceramics is a super-chill look at the beautiful techniques being practiced in the South Korean city of Icheon.
A recent American Museum of Ceramic Art exhibition examined the revival of the form:
As a leader in traditional crafts, Icheon's ceramics have become sought after works of art and are deeply-seated in Korea's local economy. The city's vital role in ceramics has made it possible for Icheon to become the best and largest center in Korea's crafts today. Icheon is the home of over 350 studios and potteries that specialize in traditional, contemporary, and high-tech applications of the ceramic body. Although technological advances constantly redefine the ceramic industry, Korean ceramic artists strive to preserve the tradition of peace, simplicity, and spiritual temperance of Korean art. Thus, this exciting exhibition epitomizes the height of a rich tradition of Korean ceramics, cemented both in the past and the future.