The motifs and decorations found on the celadon are additional reasons for its great popularity among art lovers. With the beginning of the Choson Dynasty in 1392, there was a lessened emphasis on the ceramic arts. Choson pottery differs sharply from Koryo pottery. Because Choson pottery has a strong, masculine, aesthetic quality, it contrasts sharply with the feminine refinement and elegance of Koryo pottery. Ich'on Pottery Village in Kyonggi-do, southeast of Seoul is the site of several potteries and kilns that make reproduction Koryo celadon and Choson white porcelain.
Visitors are free to watch the potters at work and buy goods from the showrooms.
These masters pass on traditions of bow making, drum making, knotting, and other traditional skills. Among Korean handicrafts, exquisite wooden chests of the Choson Dynasty are the most famous. Traditional mulberry paper, bamboo baskets, carved wooden items, brilliantly inlaid lacquerware, dolls, and flowered mats also attest to the high quality of Korean traditional handicrafts. The Human Cultural Assets Handicrafts Gallery, called Chonsugongbang in Korean, provides teaching studios for 13 different master craftsmen. The craftsmen actually live as well as work in the village.