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This exhibition is an attempt to mix and fertilize the exchange between Great Britain and Korea.
British crafts shows as Collect and Chelsea Craft Show displayed curatorial endeavours
that encouraged London to be the centre of artistic diversity and leading the design and arts industry.
Similar efforts are happening in Korea with World Ceramics Biennales and competitions
by the World Ceramics Exposition Foundation.
It has effectively acquired its stance since its foundation
in 2001 through enormous investment in engage international artists and scholars.
One could recognize its need to establish on-going events in London.
Here presents the important ceramic artists who demonstrate the great tradition of British crafts,
starting from 'father of British Potter's tradition' Bernard Leach to exciting contemporary British ceramic artists.
Dame Lucie Rie
Her first exhibition was organized by Josef Hoffman at his famous house, the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
On leaving the school she married Hans Rie, a marriage that lasted only fourteen years.
By the time she was thirty her work had been exhibited in France and Italy as well as her native Austria.
In 1938 she fled to England to escape the Nazis. She met Bernard Leach whose influence was mixed.
He strengthened her forms but undermined her confidence.
In 1946 the young Hans Coper who had no experience in ceramics, came to work with her at her London studio and worked with her until 1958.
In 1948 Rie, who had only worked in earthenware, began working in stoneware and porcelain, which transformed her work.
She and Coper soon became the leading ceramic artists in England, replacing the heavy rustic style of Leach.
They both were exhibited very widely – often paired together.
Rie received many honors, becoming an OBE in 1968, a CBE in 1981 and a Dame in 1991.
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