Jaejun Lee Ceramics

Jaejun Lee is a Korean ceramicist who moved to the UK in 2018 under an ‘Exceptional Talent’ visa. He has been exhibiting widely since 2013, in Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK. His work is a balance of functionality and beauty in porcelain - meticulous, exquisite, meditations on form and process. Completing both his BFA and MFA at Seoul National University, Jaejun sees his work as part of a contemporary movement in Korean ceramics that has its roots in the pottery department at Seoul, using porcelain rather than stoneware. Jaejun’s process is a labour of love - he spends more time polishing his work than the time spent turning, trimming or firing put together, using 60 to 3000 grade diamond polishing paper. He makes both artistic vessels and functional homewares, finding calmness in the line of a simple form and subtlety of a glazed surface. Details and textures are apparent in contemplating his work. “ Polishing is such a tiresome process that my whole body aches after the work is done. However, once I am done with this process and look at my finished works, I truly understand what the most important aspects of creation are to me. ” -Jaejun Lee