TIAMTREE
Eom Serim

Creator Intro

TIAMTREE echoes the spirit of traditional household objects, creating handcrafted wooden pieces designed to enrich refined daily rituals—from tea utensils and tableware to interior objects.

Serim Eom is a Korean woodcarver whose practice explores the expressive possibilities of diverse wood species in TIAMTREE.
Beginning in furniture-making before dedicating herself fully to carving in 2019, she has developed a distinctive approach that marries traditional woodturning with contemporary sculptural sensibility.

The works are rooted in slow, meditative process—removing wood fragment by fragment to reveal form. Recent pieces draw from childhood memories of rural Korea, translating the gardens and landscapes of her youth into objects that feel both ancient and contemporary.

The Wooden Case series, conceived in remembrance of the rural courtyard where she spent much of her childhood, was presented in a solo exhibition in February 2025. Through works such as Hill Case and Courtyard Case, she introduced objects that equate the act of slowly layering memories with the tactile gesture of carving.

In this exhibition, she sought to demonstrate the breadth of her practice: not only tableware, but also mirrors, jar-like vessels, and various interior objects, revealing how the tactile language of carving can inhabit diverse corners of daily life.

For her, carving is a dialogue with wood. This intimate exchange is both the singular gift of handcraft and the most elemental expression of the material’s quiet allure—an essence TIAMTREE seeks to continually reveal.

At the heart of TIAMTREE’s practice lies a deep reverence for the inherent character of wood.