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Kim Se-yong (ceramist)
Kim Se-yong (Korean: 김세용, Hanja: 世昌 金世龍; born 1946) is a South Korean ceramist and C.E.O of Sechang Artistic Ceramic Institute. He is known for his celadon style on ceramics based upon the traditional Goryeo wares. Kim was a former Professor of Ceramic Art at Chungkang College of Cultural Industries, and currently resides and works in Icheon, South Korea. Biography Kim studied civil engineering at Gyeonggi Technical High School. He became interested in ceramics during a school field trip to the National Museum of Korea. In 1966, Kim began working at a pottery in Icheon. At that time, Icheon had about 100 potters working in 7 to 8 potteries. The pottery he joined specialized in Goryeo ware, Goryeo ware celadon. Within a year of starting work in Icheon, he became head of the pottery sculpture room. Kim's was called into military service for South Korea in the Vietnam War, South Korea during the Vietnam war. He returned to Icheon in 1972 joining a pottery owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has Demographics of South Korea, a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the List of largest cities, ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Gojoseon, Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various Polity, polities consolidated into the rival Three Kingdoms of Korea, kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Sil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
