How was it made? A traditional Korean lacquer vessel | V&A

[@lancemillward1912]

That smile says it all...satisfaction with a job well done

[@versonova]

In mastering a task - many steps must be made with great care - many times . . .

[@bruxulaandrews5369]

Thank you very much to show us your art! The lacquer vessel is very beautiful!!!

[@sukistarfox888]

oh my gosh... six to seven months?! 😮 You, Sir, are amazing! ❤️

[@jessejohnson159]

I hope the formulas for all the ingredients is recorded somewhere for future artists to use! 감사합니다 할아버지! 😍

[@ergo322]

the hemp fabric is linen; this is BEAUTIFUL !

[@rosswaring2835]

Patience, skill and careful attention... marvellous!

[@robertschaeffer5861]

Your art is a very inspiring influence...Thank you very much.

[@carolmccorry3053]

Truly beautiful work, it was a pleasure to watch an artist at work😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@tams7411]

So beautiful! Gosh, you'd need to have lots of patience for this!

[@lizscott2]

Just wow!

[@jekku4688]

beautiful beautiful!

[@guytiips3906]

Brilliant method amazing results.

[@arttrombley7385]

The Creator loves people that work with their hands and so do I.

[@aebbingeable]

What did they use in the past instead of styrofoam?

[@elizadaynheart6975]

I would go for wax. Its was used in a lot of civilizations to make different shaped pottery or metal works

[@men_del12]

@@elizadaynheart6975 ...sorry but I can't imagine for what kind of base is that.

[@josejones5632]

maybe a wooden mold that can be re-used?

[@suzaynnschick158]

Very beautiful, and yet I wonder, how did they arrive at this 6-7 month method for making a single container? How did you get from making things you needed to use to this immensely elaborated, perfect, yet impossibly time-consuming process?

[@Galastel]

I imagine a lot of the time is drying, while the craftsman is free to do something else. Quite a lot of crafts around the world are like that: wood that needs to be dried, clay that's fired and than cools, paint that dries. When basic crafts are like that, there's nothing strange about art being like that. Even yeast needs time to rise, so baking a loaf of bread takes hours and hours from start to finish (especially if you're using sourdough). But it's not actually hours and hours of work, it's just hours and hours of doing something else, while the bread does its thing, interrupted by some work to mix/knead/shape.

[@organic2501chemistry]

It’s a method standardized since the chinese Tang dynasty period. Normally one applies the tree oil on a wooden furtiture or piece. He just replaced the wooden body with the form-giving styrofoam.

[@austinfernando8406]

Beautiful :-)

[@jonasktew6857]

wow! thank you for this video!

[@whizzywoo582]

Wow, that's beautiful :)

[@lorrieharkey3383]

Exquisite.

[@lkmayhew9390]

Beautiful!

[@zahrac7876]

That’s beautiful. It looks so tactile. Sounds weird but I want to hold it!

[@mariadelmaraguado6878]

Muy buen trabajo y bello

[@randygeyer4730]

Nice job!

[@ВикторияВоркина]

Восхитительно!!!

[@Vlow52]

Is it any different to urushi processes?

"After 6-7 months the vessel is finished." Holy. Moly.

[@sebastianrochefort6763]

I could be wrong but I suspect a majority percentage of that is spent curing so its not 6-7 months of solid work. (it's still a lot of effort to put into a lovely looking finished piece though)

[@SexyBakanishi]

Woahhhhh so much time

[@Galastel]

Styrofoam isn't a traditional material, nor a particularly environmentally friendly one. What was the core traditionally made of?

[@amellish]

unfired clay, wax, mud, etc. depends on the size and complexity, really big statues were made this way with a built in wooden framework

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Wow...

[@a.i.5673]

What's so wow in this?

[@kokroucz]

ikr?

[@rociocacerescastillo6170]

Eso es amor.

[@katewb9990]

Shame no examples of this in the Hallyu exhibition

[@jaco1924]

Waoo very nice

[@harryroger1739]

LOL. How traditional was a Styrofoam core?

[@goldyplee]

Traditionally wax with amber resin was used to solidify a shape. Why go through all that when there's styrofoam.

[@men_del12]

@@goldyplee Do you have any link to what kind of object is that looks like? I try search wax and even wax with resin and thr pictures are either a powder or a crystal rock like.

[@retsu_shin]

The caveman plastic. Our ancestors were so smart

[@-----REDACTED-----]

He basically made a kind of micarta vessel...

[@lexuinosirg5491]

After six months it's finished and will cost like a Porsche

[@hindsightpov4218]

Shouldn’t he be wearing a face mask to protect himself from inhaling the toxic powders?

[@abraxsis]

Everything he was using was natural products. Carbon, deer horn, clay, etc.

[@dmcgee3]

Buddy asbestos is natural too, does not mean you should not take care not to inhale it. Not.

[@purpleicicles]

If the powders are fine and easily made airborne and the process of mixing is vigorous, then yes he absolutely should. It looks like the process is quite gentle though, so maybe that's why he's not masked up?

[@atrinka1]

@@abraxsis the dose makes the poison. no matter how "natural"

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

So much work to make a damn bowl ! A nice one but come on ! People are simply nuts !

[@ergo322]

there's simple and there's refinement. it's all about what you want. not judging, just preferred tastes. G-d Bless John 3:16.

[@mikhailmakarovmalkovich7293]

Ah yes, the ancient Joseon art of styrofoam and electronically controlled humidity chamber.

[@parkwayconcepts8758]

This looks like something you find at the 99 cent store.

[@PLuMUK54]

I was beginning to think that I was the only person that didn't like the finished product.

[@TheJellybeanDrifter]

I highly doubt he needed to draw a diagram of the clumpy pot haha

[@CoolButtsVeryNice]

I highly doubt your mother needed an ultra sound to learn she was giving birth to a beast haha

[@TheKopakah]

Yeah, that Styrofoam looks real traditional

[@kalindimitrow2087]

same as japanese "traditional lacquer vessel" Why don't call it just "asian lacquer vessel"

[@momokokochuchuchu]

Umm...maybe cause Japan and Korea are different countries with different cultures, and to simply label both of them with the term "asian" seems a bit overgeneralizing, especially since asia includes india, turkey, phillipines, vietnam, cambodia, etc.

[@piedwagtailrameau]

Kalin Dimitrow uneducated, uncultured, unworthy of living you little brain

[@piedwagtailrameau]

Rasekh Banday and we hate you, disgusting troll

[@harryroger1739]

Yeah Samsung made it and Koreans hate imperial Japan because we bitched them. Happy now?

[@ergo322]

because Korea/Goryeo is a much older country than Japan and the art originated in Korea. hence, during the war a lot of period laquer vessels, instruments, celadon ceramics were taken-- returned of course, but that is your answer.