This thesis is about the a grayish blue powdered celadon that was well known from the early Joseon Dynasty until the end of 16th century. This topic has been chosen for my thesis because this celadon exhibits an exceptional sense of structural formati...
This thesis is about the a grayish blue powdered celadon that was well known from the early Joseon Dynasty until the end of 16th century. This topic has been chosen for my thesis because this celadon exhibits an exceptional sense of structural formation by using the engobe on the surface design.
Once the object is shaped, engobe would be pasted on the surface and the object would be properly dried. Then with a sharp pallet, the potter would draw lines, scrape off the surface, paint with oxidized steel or a paste brush or engrave flower or dotted design to produce and then use unique and various skills that is spread. However, when pasting the engobe on the body, technical issues may arise such as dryness and surface desquamation burnability. Therefore this experiment focused on the proper bonding of the body and the engobe by researching the mixing ratio and avoiding the traditional characteristics of grayish blue powdered celadon's design but emphasizing on pictoriality of the porcelain by producing creative designs from the modern and artistic perspective.
The designs include classic fish design, wooden design, arabesque design, landscape design which were designed as semi-abstract or created new designs which emphasized on the pictoriality.
Especially, the use of the classic thin paper was eliminated and designed with a wide circular graver. Therefore, the design on the object's surface looks engraved.
When beginning spread with white engobe, make thin and thick areas, exaggerate or minimize the designs or make them abstract and making a contrast with the classic design, expressing the designs with thin paper; this is the characteristic of this thesis.
This technique is creative and plastic and can be applied to watermill cylinder, old style jar, different sizes of bowls or plates as well as to any sides or different sizes of quadrangle objects.