Korea: Oct.2026
Ceramic Master Workshops and Woodfiring in Rural Landscapes at Harmony Art Village with Master Potter Kang Kyung-Hoon
Price: 28750 DKK
Age: 18+
Length: 14 days
Languages: English, Korean
Next departures: 1.Oct.2026 / Winter/Spring/Autumn 2027 & 2028
Tour Description: For travelers interested in a hands on experience with Korean Master potters, focused on Onggi and teaware techiques, it really doesn’t get any better than this. Arriving at Incheon Airport, you spend the first evening independently in Seoul, in the pottery and tea quarter, Insadong, with the night market nearby. We’ll gather and then journey by highway express bus to the Harmony Art Village and Clay Studio, which is located in the mountains, next to a river, about two hours away. Each lodging unit has it’s own kitchenette and shower, and there is a possibility for single rooms for an additional price. For the first three days, you’ll have a chance to work with and be inspired by Onggi Master Kang Kyung-Hoon in his studio, with ample time to try your hand at making and decorating onggi pots. Meals are collective, and you’ll learn a lot about Korean cooking and ingredients, as well as independent instruction in other Korean dishes such as buckwheat noodles, Korean pancakes, and fermented vegetables and drinks. In the mornings, you have a chance to experience Taekkyeon exercise together. Once you’ve explored a bit, and your work is dry, it will be loaded into a kiln and you have a chance to assist with a woodfiring in a large kiln. While you wait for the kiln to cool to unload your work, there is a day trip to Icheon Potters Village, with many traditional and modern studios, and one of Korea’s largest ceramic tool and clay supply butiques. If you’re interested in finding a special way to see and experience Korea, from several special perspectives, you’ll have a fantastic time on this tour. Your hosts speak English and Korean, and has a lot of experience with organizing international workshops and gatherings. It’s easy to have a great time and build lasting friendships with other travelers. At the end of the trip we’ll have an evening together to compare the pots that we’ve produced, and remember all the fantastic experiences that we’ve had together, before departing home via Incheon Airport, Seoul.
Read more details about our terms and conditions here: Terms and Conditions
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This tour includes all long distance transport via highway bus or train, lodging in double rooms with twin beds, a Korean and English speaking facilitator, entrance fees to museums and attractions on the program, and online support prior to departure. The price does not include international airfare to Korea.
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This package does not include international airfare. If you’d like us to help with arranging your travel to Incheon Airport, Seoul, we’re happy to organize this for you for the price of the ticket and an additional fee (975dkk/$175usd).
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We stay primarily at Harmony Art Village. This trip includes double lodging throughout the adventure, and the rooms feature two twin beds or one double bed, your choice. If you're traveling with a friend or partner, great. Otherwise, we can help you match up with a roommate who’s also on the tour. There are several nights where we travel and stay at other locations. If you'd like a single room, there's an additional fee of +6000dkk.
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All breakfasts, lunches, and evening meals are included in the price of the trip. While we are at Harmony Art Village, we hope that you will enjoy the chance to pitch in a few days with meal prep and organization. Meals are collective, and offer a chance to have introductions, updates, and evaluation of the trip.
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The guides are native Korean speakers, and conversational English speakers, with additional interpretive support. Other languages are also welcome. Google and other translator programs make it possible to navigate many situations in Korea when necessary, and facilitate individual exploration.
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As a departure point, all transportation during the tour is provided. Travelers need to pay for their own transport from Incheon Airport to Insadong. All other group transport is included, as well as return bus fare to Seoul or Incheon Airport.
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All entrance fees to activities listed on the program will be paid for by the tour. This includes museums, galleries, artist workshops, special exhibitions, etc. See the detailed tour program for an overview.
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Before and after our adventure together, we're happy to provide online support and information for our travelers. While you're in Korea on a tour, please speak with your guide about specific questions, details, and necessary information.
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If you're going on this trip, you need to be responsible for your passport, visas, travel insurance, vaccinations, and any additional expense not specifically mentioned in the included on this tour section.
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International Air Travel to Incheon Airport, transportation to Seoul City Center on arrival are not included in the price of this tour. You can request help arranging this for an additional fee of 975dkk/$175usd.
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Travelers need to have a valid passport with more than six months to expiry on arrival in Japan. If the destination requires a visa, you're also responsible for making certain that you obtain this in good time prior to departure. Please provide a copy of your passport so that we can be sure that we get the spelling of your name correct for flight, train, and hotel reservations.
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Travel insurance is required for participation on Ceramic Adventures Travel. As each person is different, it's important to check with your insurance provider to make certain that you have appropriate coverage for the destination that you're traveling too.
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Each person is different, and it is important to check with your personal physician about vaccinations that they recommend and can provide.
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Additional costs and expenses on the trip not explicity stated in the program need to be paid by the travelers themselves. This can include non-covered meals, snacks, transportation, purchases of pottery and other craft items, and services at hotels, as well as shipping of items to our final destination, airport, or home address.
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Item description
Expect the Unexpected!
We travel in small, personal groups, and travel primarily by foot, taxi, trains. You’ll quickly see what a fun and interesting place Korea is! Everything is arranged so that you’ll have a fantastic time, and learn a lot about Korean ceramics, potters, and a whole lot more. On this trip, we’ll have a special focus on working with master potter Kang Kyung-hoon and his colleagues. And…you’ll also have a chance to experience Korea in ways that few other travelers can, because we’re going to some very special places, which are off the beaten path of “normal” tourism in the land of the morning calm. The days are designed so that we’ve got group activities in the first half of the day, and then you’ve got time for yourself and independent activities. Doing things together is really important, and having time to yourself for personal exploration even more so!
Looking deeper into Onggi and Tea Ceramics, Mountain Living, local materials exploration, and wood fired kilns.
In many years of traveling around Korea, we’ve developed great affinity for the ceramics, architecture, cuisine, and artists there. On this trip, you’ll have a chance to work in depth with Master Potter Kang Kyung-Hoon and his friends, explore many ceramic studios near and far, learn about local food and fermentation, Korean meditative practice, and fire the work that you create in a woodfired kiln together with Kang and his colleagues. We’ll begin in Seoul, visiting the tea and ceramic shops of Insadong, and then the nearby Gwangjang Market. We’ll travel up in the mountains to experience the fresh air and flowing waters, surrounded by fantastic nature, shrines and temples. After working in clay for the first week, we’ll have a chance to visit some of the artisan studios near Samcheok, and stay a couple of nights in the area, where we’ll fire our pieces together in a wood kiln. Once we return to Harmony Art Village, while we’re waiting for the kiln to cool down, and our work to be delivered, we have some special day trips to the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, the Icheon Ceramic Village and tool shop, and then a special time together at the Sogeum Valley and Gagyeonsa Temple, and comparing the results of the wood firing. On the last day, we’ll be able to make a final Taekkyeon experience, pack our things, and take the highway bus to Incheon Airport or Seoul City Center if you’d like a few more days to experience Korean urban culture there.