Old school tough. Carrying and carving stone while enduring dialysis... Not an easy thing to go through. I had to stop and thoughtfully give him a moment of respect.
As a long time admirer of Korea and its people, I am saddened at the possible loss of not only this craft but its reason for existing. The use of ink sticks and brushes to write and paint in the ancient styles. There are so many uniquely Korean things in that culture even with the foreign occupations that need to be preserved for Korea and the world. To support the culture of this country and its people, using the ancient truly Korean styles and methods is important to the world, not just Korea. Please continue in your efforts to create documentaries and distribute as much information about the unique arts of Korea and its artisans. The world does not know Korea as a unique and wonderful culture and its history BEFORE occupation by foreigners like Japan, China, Mongolia, and the United States. Help provide avenues for the continued support and promotion ALL of Korea's unique arts and crafts.
Hopefully the inkstone becomes a popular gift again. These types of traditional skills and crafts need to be preserved for future generations. So many traditional skills throughout the world have been lost to time for various reasons. There has been a movement recently to preserve as well as reestablish these types of traditional skills and techniques to help people escape this modern world.
An obscure but wonderful craft. The modern world just seem so lacking without these old crafts and cultural ways of our past. It makes me sad; having grown up, the first few years of my life, on my grandparents' farm... less stress, but a lot of work. Life seemed wonderful then. I feel so much for this old bloke and really hoping his 'trade' will live on, via his family, and be profitable.
So very very generous to let us in to thier lives. Just to see where artistry rules lives, how they relax, what they get for reward at days end. The work is hauntingly beautiful. Time will enhance thier value as they become antique.
This was a lovely video. As an Aussie, this family company has just about been around longer than our country. It's so beautiful watching this lovely gentleman pass his gifts on to his son and watch his son working with his own son watching. I'm absolutely sure that in generations to come, they will watch this movie and say 'That's my great-great-grandfather, isn't he wonderful'. I'm sorry to see these cultural treasures ageing, but more sorry to see the artefacts these people are making losing their market through younger people being more interested in technology than history. Please keep these coming, they are lovely.
🇬🇧 🇰🇷. Hello Grand Master to you and your family. Passing on your knowledge and understanding to your son is one of the greatest lessons and gifts that a man can give. I send to you my uppermost respect for the work that you do and have done. The masterpieces that you have made will last for thousands of years. I hope that your health improves in time. Blessings to you . Thank you so much. SR, JR/ UK.
increible, que hermoso arte, ojala continue con otras generaciones y no se pierda, la paciencia y dedicacion extrema no es comun ,,saludos desde venezuela
I hope that Alphabet/Google and other tech firms would be searching and documenting such unique, human-powered skills and crafts as this - at least as much as they burrowed into Western libraries to scan printed book materials in US and Europe. These artisans convey, within their bodies and brains, information that could help maintain the skills and purpose of such crafts. Not only measuring the bio-metric data of force with feedback from sound, vision, and sensation of response of tool on stone, but the documentation of time, attention to detail and quality. I don't focus on idea of transforming the skill, craft or trade to CNC tools, but documenting the time, energy, and contributing efforts that establish the values to people and communities for the work done over centuries. Fine documentary. Beautiful work by traditionally trained craftsmen. Wonderful to see family members carry on tradition and try to use advancing tools and techniques to honor the tradition, purpose, and practices, but also being open to changing ways of people and the world. Invaluable beauty, work, skill, history, practices, use and invaluable documentation. Thank you. What must not be lost in the use and application of Ink Stones? Are there any quality control and research in existing printing processes to attempt preservation or alternatives for achieving the use, application, purpose of the Ink Sticks? I hope there are efforts in these pursuits. This seems as important as preserving methods and techniques for creating and maintaining stylus for creating Cuneiform language inscription on clay, or even European/Western style language writing. (US elementary schools no longer dedicate class time to teach "cursive" handwriting. Young tellers at banks don't know how to read people's signatures or notes written with cursive writing. This is as disturbing as learning one's child does not know how to read their native language. Very embarrassing for the US that the assumption of time and money values precludes or obviates learning cultural practices that are still actively used, for foreseeable future.)
Even if the custom of writing with hand ground ink were to end, these stones should be recognized as works of art in themselves and a priceless treasure. If the skill of making them is lost, it would not surprise me to come back in a hundred years and find them selling at auction for hundreds of thousand dollars. One in its original finely carved and inlaid box might even reach into the millions.
I am so glad that Korea has socialized medicine so that this man Can get the health care he needs To be able to produce these beautiful things for people to treasure.
I love the carvings on these stones. I would think there would always be a market in 1 form or another. I have a small inkstone, I had no idea of all the work that went into it. Lovely video but a bit sad. I wish him good health and his son continued success.
I remember watching a documentary about fifty years ago about a man classed as a Japanese National Treasure. He was also a maker of inkstones, but he worked in black stone. His techniques seem to be about the same. This video tells the more complete story of the work that goes into these works of art. What it downplays is the extremely pain caused by using those shoulder pushed chisels. If that skill is lost, the chances are slim that it will ever be revived even though we have a good record of how it is done.
@@emmitstewart1921 larger contact with padding? Common for similar tools in other crafts. Hand scraping of machine tool surfaces is kind of still a thing, and shoulder driven tools used have better padding. This has been mostly replaced by machine grinding, and any scraping done for pay is usually done with power tools. I imagine being able to feel the pressure and how the scraper moves over the stone are why it's still a relatively small and hard contact used here.
@@emislive As I remember, the Japanese worker I saw back had a larger pad to push on. since these tools seem to be handmade, I suppose it would depend on personal preference
Me ha emocionado la sinceridad y dedicación de este hombre ,como ama su trabajo y que bien lo hace pese a su mala salud.se ve que pone todo su corazón . por su arte y tesón beso a usted la mano con todo mi respeto, gracias,desde España.
Que locura que maravilla que tesón que determinación en un material muy difícil de manipular de trabajar saco mi sombrero para este señor felicitarlo es poco saludos uruguay
12:00 'Tis sad that he had to kidney dialysis, hope he got well, I know kidney never get better but I do pray for his wellness. Pay homage to his masterful worksmanship.
Handcrafted things rarely end up in the junk yard. More handcrafted things = less junk for the world to bury in healthy soil. Less recycling = more junk in ground Population increase = more junk More junk = decomposition phase imbalance Decomposition phase imbalance = unhealthy air, soil, water Unhealthy air, soil, water = unhealthy humans Unhealthy humans = unhealthy world Unhealthy world = collapse, end, death, demise, do not pass go and collect $200
I have recently taken up sumi-e and use a inkstone that is mass produced. I would be hapy and honored to help support this ancient craft....please let me know where i can purchase a hand made inkstone. Thanks also for the wonderful documentary.
This is the webpage address of the inkstone craftsman and his son. www.byuru.com/ The webpage is written in Korean only, so it will not be easy for English users to purchase. Their email address is written on the webpage, so please email them for more information.
I think someone should give the father with one bad eye a wood lathe to make bowls on. There is no end to the creativity associated with bowl making and there are a lot of videos on youtube of how it can be done. It is not difficult to learn and the master's knowledge of carving could be applied to wood turning and enjoy a new freedom in creativity. Wood turning is the most pleasant craft in wood work and very plesant to do. An average bowl can sell for $15 to 20 dollars and a really good bowl for hundreds of dollars . A man with stone carving skill might find a way to combine those two crafts into something unique and wonderful.
National treasures should easily be able to have a kidney transplant or access to the option/opportunity. Right? People who unfortunately pass too soon would like to save others by donating organs and most people have two kidneys.
Something new that might help would be a laser engraver to mark the stone with. A 40 to 60 watt laser engraver can make images and light carvings in stone with extreme accuracy that could then be deepened with the hand chisel and touched up. Doing a famous face in stone might aid in selling them . In England or America you could sell Harry Potter faces in stone or have the castle "Hogwarts" on the side and the faces of the characters in stone on top of the lid. It could open up a whole new market. I think maybe South Korea knows about Harry Potter, but in any regards it should be someone famous to your demographic clients.
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You are a true master maker, it has been an honor to see your video.
Old school tough. Carrying and carving stone while enduring dialysis... Not an easy thing to go through.
I had to stop and thoughtfully give him a moment of respect.
As a long time admirer of Korea and its people, I am saddened at the possible loss of not only this craft but its reason for existing. The use of ink sticks and brushes to write and paint in the ancient styles. There are so many uniquely Korean things in that culture even with the foreign occupations that need to be preserved for Korea and the world. To support the culture of this country and its people, using the ancient truly Korean styles and methods is important to the world, not just Korea. Please continue in your efforts to create documentaries and distribute as much information about the unique arts of Korea and its artisans. The world does not know Korea as a unique and wonderful culture and its history BEFORE occupation by foreigners like Japan, China, Mongolia, and the United States. Help provide avenues for the continued support and promotion ALL of Korea's unique arts and crafts.
This man should be recognized as a National Treasure!!
I don’t believe this video would exist without him being recognized as such.
OMG
Hopefully the inkstone becomes a popular gift again. These types of traditional skills and crafts need to be preserved for future generations. So many traditional skills throughout the world have been lost to time for various reasons. There has been a movement recently to preserve as well as reestablish these types of traditional skills and techniques to help people escape this modern world.
An obscure but wonderful craft. The modern world just seem so lacking without these old crafts and cultural ways of our past.
It makes me sad; having grown up, the first few years of my life, on my grandparents' farm... less stress, but a lot of work. Life seemed wonderful then.
I feel so much for this old bloke and really hoping his 'trade' will live on, via his family, and be profitable.
So very very generous to let us in to thier lives. Just to see where artistry rules lives, how they relax, what they get for reward at days end. The work is hauntingly beautiful. Time will enhance thier value as they become antique.
This was a lovely video.
As an Aussie, this family company has just about been around longer than our country. It's so beautiful watching this lovely gentleman pass his gifts on to his son and watch his son working with his own son watching.
I'm absolutely sure that in generations to come, they will watch this movie and say 'That's my great-great-grandfather, isn't he wonderful'.
I'm sorry to see these cultural treasures ageing, but more sorry to see the artefacts these people are making losing their market through younger people being more interested in technology than history.
Please keep these coming, they are lovely.
Great video and story!
I hope more people get to watch this.
Beautiful craftsmanship. Thank you for showing his incredible art. 👍🏻🇦🇺😁
Thanks a lot ! For making this world a better place to live , For sharing this video .
🇬🇧 🇰🇷. Hello Grand Master to you and your family. Passing on your knowledge and understanding to your son is one of the greatest lessons and gifts that a man can give. I send to you my uppermost respect for the work that you do and have done. The masterpieces that you have made will last for thousands of years. I hope that your health improves in time. Blessings to you . Thank you so much. SR, JR/ UK.
Beautiful artisan craftsmanship! Mi Na!
A very nice interesting video on youtube for a change great job by a skilled craftsman 😁😁👍👍
increible, que hermoso arte, ojala continue con otras generaciones y no se pierda, la paciencia y dedicacion extrema no es comun ,,saludos desde venezuela
I hope that Alphabet/Google and other tech firms would be searching and documenting such unique, human-powered skills and crafts as this - at least as much as they burrowed into Western libraries to scan printed book materials in US and Europe.
These artisans convey, within their bodies and brains, information that could help maintain the skills and purpose of such crafts. Not only measuring the bio-metric data of force with feedback from sound, vision, and sensation of response of tool on stone, but the documentation of time, attention to detail and quality. I don't focus on idea of transforming the skill, craft or trade to CNC tools, but documenting the time, energy, and contributing efforts that establish the values to people and communities for the work done over centuries.
Fine documentary. Beautiful work by traditionally trained craftsmen. Wonderful to see family members carry on tradition and try to use advancing tools and techniques to honor the tradition, purpose, and practices, but also being open to changing ways of people and the world. Invaluable beauty, work, skill, history, practices, use and invaluable documentation. Thank you.
What must not be lost in the use and application of Ink Stones? Are there any quality control and research in existing printing processes to attempt preservation or alternatives for achieving the use, application, purpose of the Ink Sticks? I hope there are efforts in these pursuits. This seems as important as preserving methods and techniques for creating and maintaining stylus for creating Cuneiform language inscription on clay, or even European/Western style language writing. (US elementary schools no longer dedicate class time to teach "cursive" handwriting. Young tellers at banks don't know how to read people's signatures or notes written with cursive writing. This is as disturbing as learning one's child does not know how to read their native language. Very embarrassing for the US that the assumption of time and money values precludes or obviates learning cultural practices that are still actively used, for foreseeable future.)
It's nice to watch a video like this.
It seems that these masters are also good at carving stone!
Wish them all the best!
Even if the custom of writing with hand ground ink were to end, these stones should be recognized as works of art in themselves and a priceless treasure. If the skill of making them is lost, it would not surprise me to come back in a hundred years and find them selling at auction for hundreds of thousand dollars. One in its original finely carved and inlaid box might even reach into the millions.
I am so glad that Korea has socialized medicine so that this man Can get the health care he needs To be able to produce these beautiful things for people to treasure.
I love the carvings on these stones. I would think there would always be a market in 1 form or another. I have a small inkstone, I had no idea of all the work that went into it. Lovely video but a bit sad. I wish him good health and his son continued success.
Great video, thank you for sharing 👍👏😊
I remember watching a documentary about fifty years ago about a man classed as a Japanese National Treasure. He was also a maker of inkstones, but he worked in black stone. His techniques seem to be about the same. This video tells the more complete story of the work that goes into these works of art. What it downplays is the extremely pain caused by using those shoulder pushed chisels. If that skill is lost, the chances are slim that it will ever be revived even though we have a good record of how it is done.
Maybe there's a design improvement possible for that shoulder push tool.
@@Raiche58 If there is, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese haven't found it in over a couple thousand years.
@@emmitstewart1921 larger contact with padding? Common for similar tools in other crafts. Hand scraping of machine tool surfaces is kind of still a thing, and shoulder driven tools used have better padding. This has been mostly replaced by machine grinding, and any scraping done for pay is usually done with power tools. I imagine being able to feel the pressure and how the scraper moves over the stone are why it's still a relatively small and hard contact used here.
@@emislive As I remember, the Japanese worker I saw back had a larger pad to push on. since these tools seem to be handmade, I suppose it would depend on personal preference
Everybody can become artist .we may not be like Van Gogh but with patience love understanding ..........we can do something beautiful for communities.
I wish there was some kind of link to purchase one of the ink stones...
Me ha emocionado la sinceridad y dedicación de este hombre ,como ama su trabajo y que bien lo hace pese a su mala salud.se ve que pone todo su corazón . por su arte y tesón beso a usted la mano con todo mi respeto, gracias,desde España.
Beautifully said my friend.
Exelent tecnique 👍
I can assure That This is one of The best videos ..... liked .,.,.
Que locura que maravilla que tesón que determinación en un material muy difícil de manipular de trabajar saco mi sombrero para este señor felicitarlo es poco saludos uruguay
12:00 'Tis sad that he had to kidney dialysis, hope he got well, I know kidney never get better but I do pray for his wellness. Pay homage to his masterful worksmanship.
For just a moment I felt I was connected to a different world.
Amazing craftsmanship.
Handcrafted things rarely end up in the junk yard.
More handcrafted things = less junk for the world to bury in healthy soil.
Less recycling = more junk in ground
Population increase = more junk
More junk = decomposition phase imbalance
Decomposition phase imbalance = unhealthy air, soil, water
Unhealthy air, soil, water = unhealthy humans
Unhealthy humans = unhealthy world
Unhealthy world = collapse, end, death, demise, do not pass go and collect $200
beautiful people
May Medicine Buddha bless this man .
Blessings to you master
Beautiful documentary!
The Stone Age still lives!
I really enjoyed this documentary
Those are some beautiful carvings. You could make a lot of money if you sell them.
I have recently taken up sumi-e and use a inkstone that is mass produced. I would be hapy and honored to help support this ancient craft....please let me know where i can purchase a hand made inkstone. Thanks also for the wonderful documentary.
any links to where an inkstone could be purchased?
This is the webpage address of the inkstone craftsman and his son.
www.byuru.com/
The webpage is written in Korean only, so it will not be easy for English users to purchase.
Their email address is written on the webpage, so please email them for more information.
@@CulturalHeritageinKOREA thank you!
@@CulturalHeritageinKOREA Maybe they could be helped by an English translator and an international shipping site.
workprocess is more interesting than the done stone. But of course the workprocess is done because of the ended result.
I think someone should give the father with one bad eye a wood lathe to make bowls on. There is no end to the creativity associated with bowl making and there are a lot of videos on youtube of how it can be done. It is not difficult to learn and the master's knowledge of carving could be applied to wood turning and enjoy a new freedom in creativity. Wood turning is the most pleasant craft in wood work and very plesant to do. An average bowl can sell for $15 to 20 dollars and a really good bowl for hundreds of dollars . A man with stone carving skill might find a way to combine those two crafts into something unique and wonderful.
National treasures should easily be able to have a kidney transplant or access to the option/opportunity. Right? People who unfortunately pass too soon would like to save others by donating organs and most people have two kidneys.
The seer and yellow leaf of old age.
우리나라 문화를 소개하는건 좋지만, 고유명사 쓰는게 그렇게 힘든가...Ink stone is called Byeoru(벼루) in Korean.
What is the best way to purchase these amazing inkstones?
eveny119
@Cultural Heritage in KOREA has information above in one of the comments.
Is the wonderful carver doing well?
"L shaped ruler" we call it a "square."
💜
This entire situation is quite tragic, I'd say
Something new that might help would be a laser engraver to mark the stone with. A 40 to 60 watt laser engraver can make images and light carvings in stone with extreme accuracy that could then be deepened with the hand chisel and touched up. Doing a famous face in stone might aid in selling them . In England or America you could sell Harry Potter faces in stone or have the castle "Hogwarts" on the side and the faces of the characters in stone on top of the lid. It could open up a whole new market. I think maybe South Korea knows about Harry Potter, but in any regards it should be someone famous to your demographic clients.
공방들이 왜 하나같이 더러운지 좀 깔끔하게 정리된곳에서 작업하면 안될까...이래서 일본을 못이기는것 같아 아쉽다..중국산을 항상 무시하는데 중국산 가인 수작 영상한번 보세요 비교도 안될 기술에 더 뛰어나요..남을 욕하기 전에 자신부터 뒤돌아 볼 필요가 있죠..