Moon Roller
This project started when I was tracing back the history of Moon Jars, an iconic Korean pottery that has changed its meaning throughout time.
The first moon jar known to travel to the west was acquired by the British potter Bernard Leach (1887-1979) during a trip to Korea in 1935. "Leach, who is often regarded as the ‘father of British studio pottery’, took much inspiration from certain East Asian ceramic traditions and incorporated aesthetic sensibilities, such as “nobility, austerity, strength, and warmth” that he identified, into his works. Decidedly anti-industrial, British studio potters strove to re-discover traditional artisan pottery-the ‘peasant pottery’- that Bernard Leach found resonated with many of the East Asian pieces he venerated. It is tempting to think that the British Museum’s moon jar from Korea helped to define the aesthetics of British studio potters"(Priewe).
This project started when I was tracing back the history of Moon Jars, an iconic Korean pottery that has changed its meaning throughout time.
The first moon jar known to travel to the west was acquired by the British potter Bernard Leach (1887-1979) during a trip to Korea in 1935. "Leach, who is often regarded as the ‘father of British studio pottery’, took much inspiration from certain East Asian ceramic traditions and incorporated aesthetic sensibilities, such as “nobility, austerity, strength, and warmth” that he identified, into his works. Decidedly anti-industrial, British studio potters strove to re-discover traditional artisan pottery-the ‘peasant pottery’- that Bernard Leach found resonated with many of the East Asian pieces he venerated. It is tempting to think that the British Museum’s moon jar from Korea helped to define the aesthetics of British studio potters"(Priewe).
