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BEYOND THE OCEAN
BEYOND THE OCEAN is a work that was visually expressed after the exploration of the material’s physical properties, which were then used as a motif.
The vastness of the ocean, which embraces a long period of time that’s as immeasurable as its depth and size, eliminates boundaries and resets them.
And the blue waves above it, created by the winds, vary in size, as they tremble with sensation under the sunlight that changes over time. The small pieces that blanket the surface become the water, the wind, the sun, the moon, and the clouds to create the ocean and cause the waves to surge.
Clearly revealed through the continuous repetition of extinction, creation, and change, the traces of time concentrate energy and circulate it to fill with the green of life.
THE MOON
As an extension of the Beyond the Ocean series, THE MOON is a work that transfers the moonlight shining on the sea and the ocean lit by the moon onto a moon jar or a flat surface.
Surging through the waves created by the endless flow and curves as soft and elegant as splashes of water, the numerous pieces repeatedly move, gathering and separating, flowing and breaking, to embrace the light of the shimmering ripples under the sun and the glistening waves of the blue night sea.
INTERSECTION
INTERSECTION is a project that takes apart, freely transforms, expands, and newly reorganizes the form of scenery and customs that were familiar in mother-of-pearl art between the 1950s and 1990s.
The present is the intersection and tunnel that connects the past with the future. Within the flow of modern society, where creation and destruction are repeated, the mother-of-pearl is used as a medium that moves past extinction, through the intersection called the present, and forward into the future. After undergoing several stages of dismantling, modification, and additions, historical time and presence remain in the present and the future with a new life force.
Furniture, of which the mother-of-pearl itself is a work of art, and the new image, unfolding the heritage of a specific theme built by extraordinary people using special materials on a platform, present a different world that crosses the boundaries of reality and unreality, existence and nonexistence, fact and fiction, and more.
BLOOM
Based on the work of Joseon Dynasty painter Jang Seung-eop, also known as “Ohwon”, BLOOM moves the center of gravity to abstractly express flowers in full bloom as a cascade of stars, the fluttering of snow, and the raining of flowers.
With no concern in creating a specific form, the work uses bright background colors, such as pink and sky blue, to blur the boundaries with the background and allow the shine of the mother-of-pearl to move rhythmically according to the light.
Expressing the art of a prominent painter of an era through contemporary lenses, this new image transcends time between artists 100 years prior and after, allowing them to influence each other and commune, empathize, and communicate over the common theme of art.
OBLIQUE
Inspired by buildings, which can be said to be the symbol of capitalism and the modern world as well as the highest form of three-dimensional art, the OBLIQUE presents the mother-of-pearl as an aspect of the architectural aesthetic.
The Oblique Collection represents our belief that one needs to take a step back from a fixed notion and look at something from all angles to discover the hidden beauty, in the same way as the mother-of-pearl creates iridescent shimmering at different angles.
Moreover, the merging of the mother-of-pearl and architecture represents harmony that brings together seemingly contradicting values—the past and future, nature and artificial, analogue and digital, handmade and mechanical, and sense and sensibility—and embodies the world through an object where tradition and modernity can coexist.
GOT
The GOT series was discovered in the process of asking what traditional object of Korean culture could deliver the spirit of Korean craftsmen to today’s world and simultaneously be unique, creative, and appealing to the public.
The traditional Korean hat, got, served a dual purpose as an item to cover the face from the sun as well as to reveal one's social status. For the GOT series, instead of the horsehair or long, thin strips of bamboo traditionally used, slender mother-of-pearl strips were inlaid, one by one, to the brim held up by a cone or cylinder. While the traditional got shielded faces from the sun, GOT instead powerfully emits the radiant shine of the mother-of-pearl.
