50년 연구 끝에 비색 고려청자 복원 비법 터득! 마지막 불꾼, 고려청자 복원을 꿈꾸다 (KBS 20131029 방송)

■ Goryeo Celadon. Have you ever seen the jade-green color? What kind of color is jade-green? Everyone knows of Goryeo celadon. We also know that Goryeo celadon displayed a jade-green hue and reached the pinnacle of the world through that exquisite color. However, if you ask people who have just seen Goryeo celadon at the National Museum what that color is, no one can readily answer. It is jade-green—not blue, not green, not azure, not indigo. It is the color that countless potters of this land have tried to find but could not. Do you know jade-green? ■ The Man of Fire, Haegyeom Kim Hae-ik. Haegyeom Kim Hae-ik. A man who initially fired Silla earthenware. And a man who has been searching for the fire of celadon for 20 years. He is stubborn. He lacks flexibility. When it comes to kiln fire, he is a single-minded individual. He was born the second son of a family that has fired earthenware, pottery, and celadon for five generations—from his father, who tried to recreate celadon but failed, to his father's father, and even his ancestors. He, who once searched for clay and glaze for celadon, now believes that fire creates celadon. Can he accomplish what his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather could not? ■ Celadon is not fired, it is cooked The words his father left behind were just one sentence: "Do not disturb the fire. Wait for the fire." Thus begins a grand journey of burning pine firewood—equivalent to four to five 5-ton truckloads—over 19 days. His kiln is different from those of other potters. It is an 8-meter-long open-loop kiln without windows on the sides. Windows on the sides are necessary to load firewood and spread the fire evenly. However, this is difficult in an open-loop kiln. Therefore, he waits for the fire and divides it into multiple branches. By the 19th day, the 8-meter open-loop kiln becomes a ball of fire. He says: "Celadon is not fired, it is cooked." ※ This video is [Documentary Empathy - The Last Fireman, Dreaming of Celadon], aired on August 16, 2012. #GoryeoCeladon #Pottery #Fire