Panki Kim

Inspired by the popular style during the Joseon dynasty era between 17th – 18th century, the artist Panki Kim creates his full-moon jars by strictly following the traditional method. The upper and bottom halves are created separate and combined together before going into a kiln. After 12 hours in a kiln (max temperature up to 1280 C), the elegant Korean full-moon jars are born. Not only on a pottery wheel, but also in a kiln unique characters of each moon jar is formed since jars would shrink and sag in the firing. The pure and elegant aesthetics of full-moon jars are intended to show the artist’s status of mind, free from man-made rules and pretension.