Due to the busy life, modern people are trying to find an outlet to reach the peace of mind. Having various influence on peoples sensibility and emotion, aroma and light gives psychological peace, cheers one up and makes one feel the relief of the sou...
Due to the busy life, modern people are trying to find an outlet to reach the peace of mind. Having various influence on peoples sensibility and emotion, aroma and light gives psychological peace, cheers one up and makes one feel the relief of the soul.
Having studied the image of aroma and light through Korean culture, I molded objects melting with utility and beauty and tried to apply that into life. At the same time, I think looking back the culture of our ancestors and meditating the wisdom is the most important in making our culture known to the world. I explained our ancestors life from the modern point of view and sublimed the image of aroma and light to the metal formative arts so as to offer the psychological peace.
The following are the contents of the paper.
First, through the theoretical study of incense container, I researched the origin and history of incense, the different effect of different incense and incense burners, incense cases. All these made me meditate on the wisdom of our ancestors.
Second, with the study of lamp as the centre figure, I studied the origin, change, variety and use of lamp in Korea, as well as the difference of lamp using in different situation.
Third, making the containers of incense and light feel manual, I tried to give peace feeling to people. Making the organic state alive, I applied the freedom of the metal line to our traditional craftsmanship which uses straw usually. I studied the incense used in the incense case and made incense myself which is used in my project.
Through these research, I made 59 works that show the image of aroma and light: 16 accessories, 4 incense dishes, 20 candleholders, 5 lamps and 14 other objects. These works were exhibited as a part of Master Degree Requirement.
In the future I will continue to do research on the formative arts and learn the wisdom of our ancestors. I will contribute to making molding useful in peoples life.