123 Sabi Craft Village
123 Sabi Craft Village
A place where craftspeople and local residents shape the culture of Gyuam in Buyeo together, with craft as the medium. We cherish the slow but warm value of the hand, and pursue an everyday craft of use and sharing.
"Where everyday craft breathes through Gyuam"
123 Sabi Craft Village is a place that fills daily life with craft, built with affection and care. Studios are tucked along the alleys of Gyuam, and young craftspeople — carrying tradition forward while imagining a new tomorrow — fill this place with the heat of their making. This is not a place to merely admire craftspeople's skill, but a place where craft is practiced in everyday life and its value is shared with the region and with people.
We cherish the slow but warm value of the hand, pursue an everyday craft of use and sharing, and operate studios, a creation center, residences, and art cubes across vacant storefronts and houses in the village.
Village Studios
Studios in the alleys of Gyuam
Eight studios that carry tradition forward and weave craft into daily life are gathered at 123 Sabi Craft Village. Encounter the diverse works of each studio in person at the village.
Bumilla Macramé Academy
A knot-craft studio opened by Beom (a painter) and Camilla (a knot maker) after their trip around the world.
- Macramé
- Knot craft
Sunhwa Hands
Designer Lee Eung's studio, reborn Baekje culture as contemporary lifestyle goods.
- Textile
- Mother-of-pearl craft
My Day
A mixed cultural shop that brings clothing and objects together with studios for calligraphy, quilting, and knitting.
- Calligraphy
Booktoy
A local bookshop that connects and shares through books, expanding regional culture.
- Indie bookshop
- Book craft
Royal Paper House & Cheongnyeon Byeoljang
A studio that centers on hanji (Korean paper) craft, combining local-goods making with a guesthouse.
- Hanji craft
Studio Buyeo
A textile-craft studio that reinterprets traditional craft — once known for its beauty and utility — for today.
- Textile craft
Chiyu Workshop Gam
A studio that reframes Baekje's traditional colors, scents, and tastes as healing — running eco-friendly goods and healing programs.
- Healing craft
- Eco-friendly
Namumori
A no-chemistry, eco-friendly life studio made together by a furniture maker and an aromatherapist.
- Woodcraft
- Aromatherapy
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Visit all village studios
See the full list of village studios and the latest news on the official Buyeo-gun website.
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Artists in residence
Young craftspeople across ceramics, textile, metal and more live and create at 123 Sabi Craft Village. See each artist's work and daily life on their Instagram.
Im Seo-yoon
TextileBridging past and present through textile's pliability and resolute stitching.
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Yang Hye-jeong
CeramicsUnfolding the meaning of kkokdu (wooden funerary figures) in clay.
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Jang Seong-woo
LacquerwareReinterpreting traditional lacquer (ottchil) technique with a contemporary aesthetic.
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Yang Ji-in
CeramicsSpeaking of human desire through a range of colors and textures in ceramics.
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Kim So-yeon
PaintingRecording traces of being in painterly language, grounded in relation and chance.
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Lee Ye-chan
FurnitureSculptural furniture grounded in contemplation and material exploration.
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Won Yu-hyeok
CeramicsCarrying the scholar-collector tradition of munbang into the present through relief-cut white porcelain.
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Go Min-seong
TextileExpanding the materiality of cloth into a sculptural language through persimmon dye and weaving.
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