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.

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GIL (Path)  2021-current

Developing my earlier GIL series, I incorporate the marks of nature, quarrying, and my grinding tools, allowing their traces to remain visible. Through this accumulation of cuts and abrasions, I foreground the coexistence of chaos and order found in nature.
2021-current