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- Asian American Foodways Project Records
- Asian American Foodways Project Records / Series 6: Artists and creators
- Sponsor
- This Asian Pacific American Foodways Project received Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.
- Biographical / Historical
- Good Elephant Pottery is the ceramics studio of Korean American artist Mea Rhee in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rhee produces rustic buncheong-style stoneware, a form of Korean stoneware that was traditionally used as table and tea ware and dates to the Joseon dynasty, and applies hakeme (also known as gye-yal in Korean) slip work, a traditional ceramic technique of brushing white slip onto clay. Her work blends her Korean heritage with her Maryland upbringing, as seen in her use of Maryland motifs and designs such as the blue crabs and blue herons. Rhee was born and raised in Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in graphic design. After working as a designer for almost 20 years, she established Good Elephant Pottery in 2002 and dedicates herself full time to ceramic making.
- Date
- 2021
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Asian American Foodways Project Records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Scope and Contents
- This subseries contains photographs and an oral history interview documenting the work of Korean American artist Mea Rhee, who owns Good Elephant Pottery. Materials were created in 2021.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1694736000760-1694736003255-0
