Kim Hee-geon, onggi potter

Five questions

누구에게나 같은 다섯 질문.

01 · What do you make?: Jars for kimchi, soy sauce, soybean paste. The big ones you see behind Korean houses. Mine hold about 80 litres.김치, 간장, 된장 담는 항아리요. 집 뒤에 늘어선 그 큰 거.
02 · Since when, and why?: My great-grandfather started the kiln. I didn't plan to — I was studying design. Then I spent one summer here and never left.증조할아버지가 가마를 시작했어요. 디자인 공부하다가 한 여름 여기 있었는데 그대로 남았어요.
03 · What's Korean about this?: The jar breathes. The clay has tiny holes so the kimchi ferments slowly. Nobody else makes a container that is meant to leak air.항아리가 숨을 쉬어요. 공기가 새라고 만든 그릇은 여기밖에 없어요.
04 · What's left on your hands?: Clay under the nails, always. And my left thumb is flatter than my right — from pressing the rim.손톱 밑 흙은 항상. 왼쪽 엄지가 오른쪽보다 납작해요.
05 · One word for someone who wants to learn: Come in summer. If you still want to do it in August, you'll do it.여름에 오세요. 8월에도 하고 싶으면 하는 거예요.

Ipo-ri, Geumsa-myeon, Yeoju. 1 h 20 from Seoul by car. Open Tue–Sat 10–17, by message first.

여주시 금사면 이포리. 방문 전 메시지.

Small jars (2–5 L) can be made to order, 3–4 weeks. Overseas shipping possible for sizes under 5 L.

소형 항아리 주문 제작 가능. 해외 배송은 5 L 이하.

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Since then

What changed after the visit

Added later — English page live, first overseas order, a photo of the QR on the kiln door. 방문 뒤 달라진 것은 나중에 채웁니다.

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