About the Pottery-Making Artisan

• History

  For the National Tangible Cultural Heritage No. 105, pottery-making artisan Kim Jeong-ok has dedicated his life in transferring the traditional pottery making skills through his academy so as to promote the excellence of Korean pottery.
  The pottery-making academy aims to promote the value of national intangible heritage, the role of pottery-making artisans, and the excellence of traditional Korean pottery heritage; to activate the contents of cultural heritage; to rightly transfer the production of traditional pottery; and to create opportunities for using the pottery in modern days.

• Address
  • Mawon-ri 599-1, Mungyeong-eup, Mungyeong-si
• Academy opening
  • Opening Hours: 9am - 6pm
  • Closing Days: Mondays, New Year's Day holiday (solar and lunar), and Chuseok holiday
  • Group observation, guidance service, meetings with the artisan, and demonstration of the foot spinning wheel are available only through booking.
• Information

  ☏ 054-571-0901