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Huh Myoung-Wook

Ottchil Ash Spoon

$100

Korean culture assigns specific emotions to different colors, whether red to represent passion or green to signify youthfulness. The ash spoon by Huh Myoung-Wook, beautifully embodies these cultural associations. The spoon is coated with eco-friendly lacquer from Rhus tree sap using the traditional Ottchil technique, for a lustrous and durable finish. The craft of Ottchil is a meticulous and labour-intensive process requiring more than 30 coats of lacquer to be applied. The artist skilfully creates the colour driven by the emotions of the day, so the same colour cannot be made twice. Please note this piece is handmade, meaning each one has subtle differences in colour, shape and detail, which add to its charm and character.

Product number: 2214203007

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Meet the Maker:

Huh Myoung-Wook

As a unique Korean craft technique, Ottichil lacquering not only improves durability and functionality, but also adds an aesthetic touch with the resulting luxurious gloss and subtle colours. Lacquer adapts to the material and expresses itself through layers of colours. Ottchil is not a material that can be easily manipulated. Huh Myoung-Wook reflects that Ottchil is a product of temporality and a medium he uses to visualise the traces of time's unforgiving nature.