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Yang-gu kaolin has been mined in Gangwon-do for centuries. It is the clay of Joseon white porcelain — the moonsjar, the scholar's brush rest, the ritual vessel. In Vestige_Y291_2024, Kim Deokho uses it as both material and reference: the pale, slightly granular surface is unmistakably Korean, unmistakably old in its resonance.
The blue wave bands at mid-height is revealed by the matter cutting. Kim Deokho's gesture is compressed and repeated, stacked into five bands that read as pattern from a distance and as individual marks up close. Above and below, the faceted clay surface continues uninterrupted. The contrast between the geometric and the calligraphic is the subject of this piece.
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Artist: Kim Deokho 김덕호
Title: Vestige_Y291_2024
Series: Vestige
Material: Yang-gu kaolin porcelain
Technique: Wheel throwing, cutting, polishing
Dimensions: H 29.0 × Ø 12.2 cm
Year: 2024
Condition: New
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About the artist
KIM DEOKHO 김덕호
"In Kim Deokho's Vestige series, every surface mark is a record of time — unplanned, uncontrolled, and entirely unrepeatable. A thought drawn in clay."
