Ottchil is the name given to the slow and painstaking process of creating Korean lacquer, which is made using the sap of the Korean Ot tree. Lee Eun-hee, CEO of Gallery-on, made these elegant stackable tea cups using the technique. She explains: “I dry, sand, coat, and wait in silence, again and again, until my mind is at peace.”
As a reaction to throw-away culture in the years following the recession, we have seen age-old woodworking techniques such as cabinetry and parquetry become the focus of high-profile design projects.