Walk Slowly 2003-2022

I had set out on my way to find a waterfall.
I had walked and walked through the desert.
And suddenly I realized that I forgot why I had searched for the waterfall.
Then even I forgot the fact that I had searched for the waterfall.
Only walking itself remained.
It was a prayer, searching for a path.

Walk Slowly series is a cathartic pilgrimage, born from my father’s metalsmith legacy and my experience of immigration and physical illness, serving as a therapeutic outlet with the labor-intensive, meditative repetition of wire. The mindset makes me flow with medium, conform to the process, and stay present.

Made for almost two decades, Walk Slowly – Nest and Walk Slowly – Cradle embody prolonged labor. The spiral webbing technique structures time through repetition, producing sculptural environments that appear fragile yet resilient. These works align with diasporic temporality—slow return, recurrent grief, continuous transformation—and they serve as silent counterpoints to my vocal practice: tactile forms of chanting. In this way, sculpture and voice share one premise: transformation occurs not through sudden revelation, but through the quiet endurance of repeated gesture.

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