Simplicity that doesn't make a show of itself, and elegance that is displayed even though it is trying to hide its elegance: that is the beauty of celadon. I was immersed in the attractiveness of Goryeo Celadon while I was working. And I realized the today that is based on the past. The culture that we know cannot be represented in one day, as time has been stacked for a long time and the culture contains all our surroundings and society.

   Through the celadon work, I really enjoyed the materials and the process that celadon gives us: producing clay from the earth, making shape, carving the surface, and firing the kiln. Clay is completely changed to a new material during the firing. That is an art, but also a science that human beings have made. In ceramic art, the materials and process tell so much about themselves. Ceramic artists have fresh experiences about the materials when they try working clay for the first time. Everyone who works with ceramic knows the exquisiteness of its materials and process, the miracle of one material becoming another.

   Modern ceramic art is much more focused on concept than the delicate change of effect that materials give us. Ceramic artists express themselves through their works. Some ceramic artists might think that too much focusing on materials and process is a waste of time. However, the thing that shouldn't be overlooked is that ceramic art is still under the control of the materials and processes, even when we try to handle the material and process the best we can. Unexpected things happen all the time. We know that we should have a humble attitude in front of the material clay.

   Testing celadon glaze in my studio was fun. Jade green celadon is made from a small amount of iron oxide during the reduction firing. When we see the color, we can feel the color radiate where other colors may stagnate on the surface. The color is a subtle bluish green or greenish blue in its deep and clear glaze. I thought to myself about the elegance and refinement of celadon once again. This is the color that we live and breathe together for a long time in this space; as someone once said, the color of Goryeo celadon is like a clear sky of autumn after the rain. I was once again immersed in my work, as if I became a real Goryeo potter. It was like a meditation to me. My studio routine was very simple. Sometimes, physical work can make my soul clear. I realized that the material and processes tell more than I can express by myself in the celadon project.

   I feel that I am in the time and space when the Goryeo potter first created celadon. The place where I stand now has been stacked hundreds or thousands of years. This moment of space is based on the past. Today is not made in a day. How many years and relations of all individual things passed by this moment of space that includes me?

   Our life is opened to the future and does not stay in the past and present. I want to contain the everyday that I breathe and feel in my work. And I want my work to go into an open world, changed.