TRADITIONAL KOREAN
CRAFT INDEX

 

Tour this selection of Korean craft forms and techniques highlighting the meticulous nature of the making process that goes into creating the nation’s traditional objects, from the everyday to the ornamental.

 

Tour this selection of Korean craft forms and techniques highlighting the meticulous nature of the making process that goes into creating the nation’s traditional objects, from the everyday to the ornamental.

METAL WORK

BRASS ORNAMENT
'두석' (Duseok)

CAST IRONING
'주물' (Jumul)

HAMMERING
'망치질' (Mangchijil)

SILVER INLAYING
'은입사' (Eun-ipsa)
PAPER

PAPER STRING CRAFT
'지승' (Jiseung)

POLISHING
'배접' (Baejup)
LACQUERING

COLOURED LACQUERWARE
'채화칠기' (Chaehwa-chilgi)

MOTHER-OF PEARL INLAYING
'나전칠기' (Najeon-chilgi)
WEAVING

FINE RAMIE
'한산모시' (Hansan Mosi)

SEDGE WORK
'완초' (Wancho)

WOVEN DYED BAMBOO CASE
'채상' (Chaesang)
WOOD

SOBAN
'소반' (Soban)

WOODEN COMB
'얼레빗' (Ule-bit)
 
 
METAL WORK

BRASS ORNAMENT
'두석' (Duseok)

CAST IRONING
'주물' (Jumul)

HAMMERING
'망치질' (Mangchijil)

SILVER INLAYING
'은입사' (Eun-ipsa)
CERAMICS

JAT-MUL
'잿물'(Jatmul)
PAPER

PAPER STRING CRAFT
'지승' (Jiseung)

POLISHING
'배접'(Baejup)
LACQUERING

COLOURED LACQUERING
'채화칠기' (Chaehwa-chilgi)

MOTHER-OF PEARL INLAYING
'나전칠기' (Najeon-chilgi)
WEAVING

FINE RAMIE
'한산모시' (Hansan Mosil)

SEDGE WORK
'완초'(Wancho)

WOVEN DYED BAMBOO CASE
'채상' (Chaesang)
WOOD

SOBAN
'소반' (Soban)

WOODEN COMB
'얼레빗'(Ule-bit)