Marco Minetti Celebrates Traditional Korean Ceramics With This Singular Vase Exclusively Made for VERANDA
Sometimes the simplest forms harbor the deepest stories. Now based in Northern California, ceramic artist Marco Minetti spent almost five years in Korea pursuing the 14th–15th-century pottery technique onggi, a painstaking coil and paddle method that uses a plant-infused glaze and is associated with large earthenware jars of the same name. “There are just a few people left who know how to make those vessels, and I learned from one of them,” says the artist of his apprenticeship with master potter Kwak Kyungtae, with whom he offers workshops in Korea and in the U.S. Inspired by onggi traditions, the sublime bottle-like vessel “is meant to bring serenity,” he notes. minettidesign.com
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Featured in our January/ February 2022 issue. Photography by Rebecca Stayner; produced by Sara Clark; written by Tracey Minkin.
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