{"product_id":"notdam-bangjja-brass-main-course-plate","title":"Notdam Bangjja Brass Main Course Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForged by hammer, by hand, by a craft most countries have already lost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBangjja yugi is Korean hand-forged bronzeware — an alloy hammered red-hot by a team working in rhythm, then turned and finished by hand. It is one of the few living metal crafts of its kind left anywhere, and the masters who still hold it can be counted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere most metalware is poured into moulds and multiplied endlessly, bangjja is raised — beaten into form by hand, piece by piece. That single difference is the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy raised metal rings true\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCast metal is liquid poured into a shape. Bangjja is solid, beaten into being by hammer blows in a heated, coordinated rhythm. That is why a finished piece rings when struck, carries faint hammer marks no casting can imitate, and exists in such small numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose marks are the fingerprint of the hands that raised it — the opposite of a flawless machine surface, and far more valuable for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePrized for centuries, and only improving\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaturally antimicrobial, bangjja was treasured for centuries at Korean royal tables, and it only deepens in character with use — developing a patina that makes an old piece more beautiful than a new one. It was built to be lived with for generations, not replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo use bangjja is to use the same kind of object a Korean king once did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAn object built to outlast you\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a piece you use up. It is one you hand down. As a wedding gift, a milestone, or an anchor for a table meant to last, it says something permanent in a disposable age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced where it is forged and shipped from Seoul, tracked. An object built to outlast the person who buys it — and to be handed down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Notdam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46498592817206,"sku":null,"price":90.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/6787\/3078\/files\/c9f1f81be0f4bf3dd53abe497699c467.jpg?v=1780557721","url":"https:\/\/catdyy-p0.myshopify.com\/products\/notdam-bangjja-brass-main-course-plate","provider":"KOHGANE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}