Traditional Craft Festival
1 Encouragement · 8 Acceptances
1995 – 2003
Portrait · Grayscale
THE MASTER
Awakening the silent stone, for half a century
Master Noh Jae-kyung
石田 盧載京
Chungcheongnam-do Intangible Cultural Heritage — Boryeong Nampo Inkstone, Transmission Educator
Title (號) and the path
A lifetime spent grinding
in a field of stone
Seokjeon (石田) — the title meaning "a field of stone" was no accident. For half a century the master ground and polished Boryeong Seongju ebony, twelve hours a day before the rock.
His studio Seokjeon Yeondang (石田硯堂) sits in Cheongra, Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do — keeping a second-generation lineage of traditional inkstone-making.
LINEAGE
Seoam Kim Jin-han
Holder, Chungcheongnam-do Intangible Cultural Heritage — Boryeong Nampo Inkstone (deceased)
Seokjeon Noh Jae-kyung
Transmission Educator, Chungcheongnam-do Intangible Cultural Heritage — Boryeong Nampo Inkstone
What the master passed on was attitude, before technique.
JOURNEY
Half a century of footsteps
1974
Entered the craft
Began under master Seoam (瑞岩) Kim Jin-han. The first year before stone.
1987
First Bronze — National Craftwork Festival
Thirteen years after entering the craft, the first official award. Six bronzes followed (~2008).
1994
Grand Prix — Chungcheongnam-do Craftwork Festival
Followed by Grand Prix in 1995 and 1997. Three in total.
1997
Meguro Museum exhibition, Tokyo
First international exhibition. Korea Legendary Craftwork Show.
2001
Designated Traditional Cultural Family
Same year, NHK Broadcasting Magazine featured the Boryeong Nampo inkstone process.
2004
Invited Artist — Chungcheongnam-do Art Festival
From 2006, served on the festival's organizing committee.
2019
Fukuoka City Museum — Nampo Stone Duo Exhibition
"石の沈黙を越えて." Duo show with Prof. Hong Chul-soon.
NOW
Transmission Educator · Operating Seokjeon Yeondang
Annual exhibitions ongoing. 2025 special exhibition at Incheon Subong Cultural Center.
RECOGNITION
Awards and accreditation
National Craftwork Festival
6 Bronze Medals
1987 – 2008
Chungcheongnam-do Craftwork Festival
3 Grand Prix
1994 · 1995 · 1997
Chungnam Tourism Souvenir Competition
Gold Medal
2007
National Intangible Heritage Skills Association
Active Member
Present
Korea Fine Arts Association
Active Member
Present
MEDIA
NHK Broadcasting Magazine 2001 · KBS Daejeon Live 540 2009 · TJB · Chungnam Provincial News · Chungnam Daily 1997–2009
We meet at the studio.
石田硯堂 Seokjeon Yeondang
628-37 Daecheong-ro, Cheongra-myeon, Boryeong-si, Chungcheongnam-do