Dear Korea CQ members,

I hope you are having a lovely day.

On October 27, Korea CQ visited Yido Artce, a multi-story cultural complex, to have lecture ‘History of Pottery’ by Yoonshin Yi, President of Yido.

H.E. Jasem Albudaiwi, Yoonshin Yi, Alexandra Prasetio, Sunny Han, Pinar Okcal, Ian Jeong, Francois Provost, Jungwha Choi, Didier Beltoise, Jae Woo James Park, Gilles Ouvrard, For the special guests, Tainam Jung, Francoise Lecomte, Stephanie Lecomte attended the lecture.

CQ members arrived at Yido Artce, located at Gahoe-dong, on time and had time to enjoy the delicious dinner specially prepared by Morac, Korean dining.



After the dinner, we looked around the gallery, which is on 3rd floor of Yido Artce, and appreciated white porcelain exhibition and beautiful glass artworks on the 2nd floor and pottery artworks on the 1st floor of Yido Artce. Every member were amused by the Korean ceramic pieces. 



After appreciating the beautiful porcelains, members gathered together at Yoon Room and President Yoonshin Yi started the the lecture on ‘History of Pottery’.

During the lecture, President Yoonshin Yi gave a short presentation on how she started and developed the pottery brand Yido and on the history of pottery which originated from China.



With the passionate questions of CQ members during the lecture, it was interesting and we could learn the passion and effort of Yoonshin Yi to reach the goal of globalizing the hand-made pottery. 

CICI would like to express our gratitude to Yoonshin Yi, President of Yido for allowing us to enjoy the beauty of Korean pottery. Also we thank CQ members who attend the forum and enjoyed the night with us.

Special thanks to Crystal Park for her outstanding interpretation help.

Lecture note of President Yoonshin Yi is attached below. Please kindly find it.

Coming on November 24, Korea CQ will have joyful lecture on ‘Business Culture of Silicon Valley’ by Mickey Hyunyu Kim, Head of Chromecast & TV, Asia Pacific, at residence of Singaporean ambassador.

Also on December 1, there will be Winter Welcoming Alumni Gathering at The Raum.

We are looking forward to our members' active participation. 



Thank you again for your unwavering support and have a nice day.

Korea CQ Soo Yeon Kim

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< World History of Ceramics>


-How did you start making pottery? President Yi Yoonshin first started to make pottery in 1977. During her university days, she was impressed by pottery and felt happy when she made the potteries. Because of that passionate feeling, she could start it as career.


- What is the meaning of YIDO? The meaning of Yido is ‘Yi’ from her name ‘Yi Yoonshin’ and ‘Do’ from ‘Dojaki’ which means pottery in Korean.

 
-When people think of ‘pottery’ they probably think that ‘Pottery is not comfortable to use, and very sensitive. That’s the reason why many people hesitate to using it. However, pottery can be washed in dishwasher. I think it is very important to spread the knowledge of the pottery.

 
-History of Kilns: The first kilns was ‘Pit Firing’; putting all the ceramics at one place and put fire on it. The next one was climbing kilns. This climbing kilns has 7~8 floors. Then Natural Gas Kilns appeared. It became more convenient for people to make pottery by using natural gas kilns. Then these days, we use electric kilns. By using it, the temperature of the kilns go up to the temperature in a short time.



-1,700 years ago, first ceramics were appeared in China. They are the very first potteries to hold water without absorption.

 
-Goryeo was the 2nd country to produce ceramics in the world after China. Also, in Joseon dynasty, simple looking and pure-white color porcelains were appeared.



-Spread of Ceramics: Islam -> China -> Goryeo -> Japan -> Europe

 

-During the invasion from 1592 to 1598, over 1000 ceramists of Joseon were kidnapped to Japan. Because of this, the Japan’s ceramics advanced greatly.

 

-Yido’s characteristic: I think the special characteristic of Yido is the ‘Design’. Yido uses two tone color when making pottery. We make two different color whether using glazing or not, so the pottery of Yido is simple but elegant.



 

-Yido is the premium handmade pottery company which President Yi Yoonshin design all the pieces by herself. Yido was the main sponsor for the Korea booth at World Expo Milano 2015, and recently Yido held an exhibition in Paris. Also Yido became famous when Michelin 3 Star Chef Jean Georges Vongerichten used Yido’s plates at the documentary ‘Kimchi Chronicles’.