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Mother Earth 1 is a large hand-thrown onggi vessel from Chung Youngrak's ongoing series rooted in the rhythms of Korean earth and season. The form is squat and full-bodied — belly low, shoulder wide, rim dark and rolled — recalling a thousand years of Korean storage vessels made for fermentation, for winter, for time.
The surface is worked in the traditional onggi manner: dense vertical combing covers the entire body, each line a trace of the tool drawn across raw clay. Where the dark ash glaze has pooled and run, the reddish-orange of the underlying clay breaks through in concentrated pockets. Nothing here is applied for effect. The colour is a consequence of fire; the texture, a consequence of making.
At 32 cm high and 42 cm in diameter, this is the largest vessel in the Mother Earth series. Its scale is not decorative — it earns its place.
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Artist: Chung Youngrak 정영락
Title: Mother Earth 1
Series: Mother Earth (대지)
Material: Onggi clay (earthenware)
Technique: Hand throwing, natural ash glaze, combing
Dimensions: H 32.0 × Ø 42.0 cm
Year: 2025
Condition: New
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About the artist
CHUNG YOUNGRAK 정영락
"The onggi pottery that captivated me in my youth has remained the central theme of my life — something I have persistently devoted myself to through the countless repetitions of the changing four seasons."
