Seungho Yang
«When I began studying ceramics at the Dankook University in Seoul, at the first lecture one of my teachers, Dam-Soon Chung, said «the ceramic process is recycling the earth from it's origin». The earth was a part of the sun (fire) and became stone after it had cooled. After millions of years stone became clay and with the discovery of fire, people are making stone again out of clay! This simple and fascinating process of nature had already been practised by Silla potters. It is a process of enormous energy interaction.
I feel happy within myself and I am lucky that I am able to participate in this process through my work. I take my job sincerely and almost like a religion. For me the process is more important than the result.»
* born in Korea
* studied applied arts at Dankook University in Seoul
* in 1974 learned about the traditional way of making Ichon-pottery
* 1981 moved to Great Britain, where he deepened his artistic knowledge
* 1983 moves to France, where he made pottery according to old Korean traditions
* since 1985 lives and works both in the Emmental, Switzerland, and in France