Connections
I received an email from Karol in 2017, proposing to become a member of Cloth in Common. Karol and I never knew each other, but we had a connection as member of SAQA. If I hadn’t been a member of SAQA, I would never have had the chance to be
Simplicity
I got the idea from the roof tiles, a material that makes up the roof of a traditional Korean house, Hanok. The form of overlapping roof tiles was represented as a repetitive pattern. I was able to experience through this work that a simple pattern can have a strong and
The horizon
This piece was completed with inspiration from the scenery seen from the sea. The sky was cloudy and the sea was not rough, but there were gentle waves. From the boundary line where the sky and the sea meet, the colors unfold differently. The horizontal lines give a sense of
Pattern
This time my prompt is “pattern”.The dictionary meaning of pattern is as follow. – a repeated form or design especially that is used to decorate something – the regular and repeated way in which something happens or is done – something that happens in a regular and repeated way – a shape or
Land engulfed in flames
The rising temperature of the earth causes climate change and is progressing to the point where it can no longer be ignored. Heavy rains, severe droughts, powerful typhoons and tornadoes, large-scale forest fires, and other types of disasters threaten human life. Among them, this work was inspired by massive forest
A matter of survival
For the past 100 years, the Earth has been warming faster than ever in history. The average temperature at the Earth’s surface has risen about 1.1℃ since 1850.The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melting rapidly. The number of weather-related disasters has increased by a factor of five over 50 years.
My grandmother
While working on this piece, I was able to think again about the life of my grandmother who passed away. I don”t know the details, but I think her life as a woman was much harder, more sacrificed and discriminated against. However, she didn’t surrender to it and continued to
Grandmother’s Pencil and Hangeul
My grandmother was a generation who experienced so difficult and painful times such as the Japanese Colonial Period and the Korean war, which were the dark ages of Korea.At that time, it was not easy for women to learn letters properly. Most of them had to do housework, got married
Flexible dance
This piece was completed inspired by sea grass or Kelp in the sea. They don’t resist the flow of seawater and move along with it. Its movement are very flexible, soft and beautiful. It looks like it’s dancing softly in the rhythm. Unlike trees that break in strong wind, they
Cells
The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.Cells are created, active, and die after some time. And new cells are created. The periodic life cycle of these cell is constantly repeated until the organism dies. These are some exceptions, but….Although it exists in a very small
The smallest unit of life
Cell is the unit that it becomes a basic structure and activity of all living things. Cell differ in shape and size even within an organism. Human nerve cells that need to transmit a stimulus quickly look like a long electric cords, and are connected to each other. There are
Beyond that, hope awaits.
Light creates shadows to make a sculpture or space look three-dimensional, and creates a certain mood to change emotion.Inspired by an image I found on Pinterest, I draw a design from that image and finally simplified it. Gray tone and black were repeatedly used, and a point was given with