In 2013, YÉOL created the “Young Craftsman Award” to recognize promising young craftsmen. The prize is aimed at expanding the field of craftsmanship by encouraging young talents to develop new perspectives on traditional craftsmanship, as well as exploring new applications.
Kim Dong Jun, Ceramics Craftsman, 2023
Advisor(Kim Jung Hoo, Metal Craft Artist)
He naturally carries within him the superficially incongruous yet highly affecting harmony of sorrow and beauty inherent to our traditional music.
I look forward to seeing Kim Dong Jun’s unique baekja, combining our familiar cultural sensibilities with the essence of tradition and a sense of modernity, find its place as a pillar of contemporary ceramics.
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