Raku treasures
Jaimun Kim is a ceramic artist from South Korea who has been working intensively with the raku firing technique for over 20 years. In his many years of creative work, Kim has continuously developed the raku technique in order to explore new aesthetic and material possibilities. Kim's black and white works are characterized by a special depth and tranquillity that arise from the combination of controlled craftsmanship and the unpredictable character of raku firing.
Jaimun Kim
Hauptstraße 66
59320 Ennigerloh
Jaimun Kim's main areas of work well explained:
Glaze is a glass-like layer which, from a purely functional point of view, is mainly used to provide the porous shards underneath (term for a fired ceramic mass) with a waterproof, dense coating.
Raku is an old firing technique from Asia, in which the low fired (approx. 1000 °), bisqued and glazed ceramics are taken out of the kiln red-hot and cooled shock-like in natural materials like leaves or sawdust and then quenched in water.
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "unique vessel" is associated with special, artistic vessels.
In the context of the „Internationalen Keramiktage Oldenburg“ , the term "sculpture/object" refers to ceramics that are not subject to any function.
The term "utility ceramics" is used in the context of the "International Ceramics Days Oldenburg" to refer to handmade ceramics which, no matter what form they take, are primarily geared to function.