Category
Art Merchandise, CraftCountry
KoreaGenre
Living & Home Décor, Objects & Sculptural Craft, Wood & Lacquerware
I am a carpenter. Rather than drawing a boundary between craft and art, I work in the space in between, handling wood. Wood becomes furniture, objects, or a canvas. What remains returns as finish and color, forming another work.
Silver Prize, 2023 Namwon National Lacquerware & Woodcraft Competition (Cultural Heritage Administration Award
7 solo exhibitions, 10 group exhibitions, 4 art fairs
Living & Home Décor, Objects & Sculptural Craft, Wood & Lacquerware
Art Merchandise, Craft
The meeting of wood and humanity, built layer by layer
Production Year: 2026
Production Technique: natural oil finish
Inspired by the Daecheong maru of traditional Korean hanok houses and the structure of a birdhouse, this console is composed as a stable space where air and light flow naturally.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: ebonizing oak, natural oil finish
Inspired by the Daecheong maru of traditional Korean hanok houses and the structure of a birdhouse, this console is composed as a stable space where air and light flow naturally.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: ebonizing oak, natural oil finish
The echo of birds within the workshop often brings quiet comfort.
This vessel emerged from listening to the call of a Korean scops owl.
An unseen resonance is translated into form.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Ebonized cherry wood, finished with natural oil
The echo of birds within the workshop often brings quiet comfort.
This vessel emerged from listening to the call of a Korean scops owl.
An unseen resonance is translated into form.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Ebonized cherry wood, finished with natural oil
I burn leftover wood into ash and reuse it for painting and furniture finishes, allowing one work to continue into the next.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Charcoal ash and mixed media
I burn leftover wood into ash and reuse it for painting and furniture finishes, allowing one work to continue into the next.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Charcoal ash and mixed media
Inspired by the form of a bird’s nest, this piece was created using leftover wood, which was burned to produce charcoal, then finely ground and applied as an oil finish.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Handmade charcoal oil
“Straight lines did not belong within nature’s curves. While observing natural forms, I came to use a bird’s nest as my motif.”
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Ebonized cherry wood, finished with natural oil
An aesthetic object inspired by the waveform of a Korean scops owl’s call.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Ebonized cherry wood, finished with natural oil
Made to order.
Due to the natural characteristics of solid wood, grain patterns and live edges will vary.
Although circular in form, the stool retains its live edge and reveals the natural expansion and contraction of the wood.
It is not a perfect circle, but a living one.
The wide seat is open enough to accommodate several people,
and the overlapping three-leg structures—forming six points of support—create a heightened sense of stability.
Placed within an open space, it allows seating and viewing from all 360 degrees.
The Sheltering Stool is positioned at the center of a space,
designed to become a place to lean for some,
and a place to empty one’s thoughts for others.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Finish: Mineral Oil & Paraffin Wax Blend
I burn leftover wood into ash and reuse it for painting and furniture finishes, allowing one work to continue into the next.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Charcoal ash and mixed media
I burn leftover wood into ash and reuse it for painting and furniture finishes, allowing one work to continue into the next.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: Charcoal ash and mixed media
The echo of birds within the workshop often brings a quiet sense of comfort.
This vessel emerged from listening to the call of a crow.
An unseen resonance is translated into form.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: The surface is finished with traditional Korean ink and oil.
This piece draws from the Korean character “ㅇ.”
Phonetically associated with the sound “o,” its circular form became the foundation of the work.
From this linguistic shape, a sculptural and stable structure was developed—
transforming a letter into a physical presence.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: natural oil finish
Made from trees felled due to redevelopment, regardless of species.
To minimize cracking, the wood is thoroughly dried over an extended period, both internally and externally. Surface texture is created using fire and a fine brush, and the piece is finished with natural oil.
Production Year: 2026
Production Technique: fire and a fine brush, natural oil.
Inspired by the form of sound waves, this piece translates them into a sculptural language while exploring the balance between function and art.
This side table maintains a strong presence in any space it occupies.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: ebonizing oak, natural oil finish, polyurethane varnish
Inspired by a bird’s nest, this piece interprets a form that can be comfortably used in everyday life through a sculptural language, integrating both function and form.
Production Year: 2025
Production Technique: fire, Korean ink, natural oil finish
