Would like to find Korean teaware of traditional onggi

[ms. bubblehead]

Hi,
My question is about Korean teaware, if anyone knows a source to purchase a tea set of traditional brown Korean onggi-ware (like Kimchi-pots style)? I am interested to find a 2- or 3- person set, including pot, water-cooler bowl, and cups (though just pot and cooler would be preferrable also). It would need brewing capacity to maybe approximately 140 ml.
I asked one of my Korean teachers about it once, he said he wasn't sure but he did tell me that I would need to find out which artisans use traditional glazes. He told me that nowadays, there are some onggi potters who, for more cost-effective purpose, they use modern glazes that may have some toxic chemicals to them. If anyone has anymore information about this, I would like to know. Thank you.

Edit: if anyone is curious what I intend this particular onggi set to be for, it is to be 'hwang balhyocha-designated' wares.

[brandon]

I have never seen a teapot like onggi, but this should still interest you...
http://www.adamfieldpottery.com/VideoGallery.htm

Korean pottery for tea is more likely to be celadon, or styles that are predecessors to Japanese Hagi and Bizen.

There are several potters in this forums TeaWare Artisan section that make wood fired teapots with a Korean flare.. with and without glaze.

Loving this potter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnwhiteh ... otostream/

[teasme]

I have never seen a teapot like onggi, but this should still interest you...
http://www.adamfieldpottery.com/VideoGallery.htm

Korean pottery for tea is more likely to be celadon, or styles that are predecessors to Japanese Hagi and Bizen.

There are several potters in this forums TeaWare Artisan section that make wood fired teapots with a Korean flare.. with and without glaze.

Loving this potter.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawnwhiteh ... otostream/

Wow, very interesting videos. You must be an expert on tea ware. I would love to have a collection of my own. How much do these sets usually run?

[hopeofdawn]

Check out Tead Off's offerings through the Teachat link here: http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15515. He currently sells work from two Korean ceramic artists, and all of it is well crafted and amazingly beautiful. At the moment he doesn't offer any full tea-sets that are made with the same glaze/design, but you can put together your own set very easily--he offers teapots, cups, bowls, servers and a lot of other wonderful pieces, some porcelain, some stoneware/buncheong clay.

I own several pieces, teapots and teacups, and have been nothing but very pleased by them all.

[ms. bubblehead]

Thank you for the suggestions so far, I am going to look at the links suggested...

[teasme]

Check out Tead Off's offerings through the Teachat link here: http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=15515. He currently sells work from two Korean ceramic artists, and all of it is well crafted and amazingly beautiful. At the moment he doesn't offer any full tea-sets that are made with the same glaze/design, but you can put together your own set very easily--he offers teapots, cups, bowls, servers and a lot of other wonderful pieces, some porcelain, some stoneware/buncheong clay.

I own several pieces, teapots and teacups, and have been nothing but very pleased by them all.

Thanks for the link. These look great. Can't wait to get my hands on a set.

[Tead Off]

Hi,
My question is about Korean teaware, if anyone knows a source to purchase a tea set of traditional brown Korean onggi-ware (like Kimchi-pots style)? I am interested to find a 2- or 3- person set, including pot, water-cooler bowl, and cups (though just pot and cooler would be preferrable also). It would need brewing capacity to maybe approximately 140 ml.
I asked one of my Korean teachers about it once, he said he wasn't sure but he did tell me that I would need to find out which artisans use traditional glazes. He told me that nowadays, there are some onggi potters who, for more cost-effective purpose, they use modern glazes that may have some toxic chemicals to them. If anyone has anymore information about this, I would like to know. Thank you.

Edit: if anyone is curious what I intend this particular onggi set to be for, it is to be 'hwang balhyocha-designated' wares.

I have never seen a tea set made of traditional onggi. Onggi is an earthenware pottery, very porous. Teaware usually needs a higher fired clay like stoneware and porcelain.

The teaware from Seong il that is listed as using onggi clay is about 80% of the same clay used for traditional onggi plus 20% stoneware. The mixture allows a higher firing making the teaware leak proof and allowing for creative glazing.