우리나라 공예문화상품의 현황과 개선방안에 관한 연구

A study on the Possibility of The Territorial Characteristics of the Korean Artifacts

The territorial characteristics of the korean artifacts refer to the characteristics of the korean artifacts works that bring out what is popular in some geographic areas and that which carry featur es that depict territorial uniqueness or something which form regular tradition of certain territories. These include the characteristics of the korean artifacts that are affected by geographic, historic. cultural, psychological reasons that apply to certain special areas or what are popular among the ethnic groups. Territorial characterist ics are ju st like international and ethnic characteristics. and they represent the elements, which a rea l craft arti st can never get away from. Territorial characteristics are not only an outside area concept; they are also qualities from within. Territorial characteristics are from the inside to the outside. Any craft art piece's thought structure. drawing and crea tion moe. in fact, contained inside the terri tory in which the art ist lives. With reference to arti stic creations, only limited crea tion can reach the unlimited. The word "limited" means some kind of territorial limitation, as opposed to "unlimited" meaning that the art form can reach the limitless territory. Whether a craft artist meansto do it or not. many of them do basically depict territ orial characteristics in their works. It is because of this innate quality that the craft creations are displaying territorial sceneries that are of different characteristics and are contemporary characteristics of modem craft and this is an indisputable fact. Additionally, one ethnic group's culture can change according to the territory the group occupies. This also makes it a possibility for the ceramics culture to become multi-faceted. Because of geographic format ion changes over a long period of time, it produces different craft resources. Native craft artists can fully utilize and create works according to their material characteristics and therefore, are able to produce many beautiful craft art pieces. Of course, choosing creative media in the present day is not just restricted to the influence imposed by territorial difference. Territ orial characteristics have provided artists some enriched materials to choose from so that eventually they can reflect their spiritual subjectivity in their work.