ART & CULTURE

about the Artist

KIM SOOGEUN


Kim Soo-geun works on a wood lathe, carving logs by
attaching them to a rotating machine. After choosing
a piece of wood, he spends several days thinking deeply
about the shape that will go with the wood. He works while
imagining how the hardness of the wood, the grain,
and a specific pattern will change. He especially ponders
over how the wood will change over time under the
wind and sunlight, and develops his work.

Carbonized wood lathe object


This is an object made of amur maackia. It was finished with carbonization.
The surface was slowly charred over a long period of time to create
a very dark black color.

Paulownia vase

By KIM SOOGEUN

Amur maackia wood lathe moon jar

By KIM SOOGEUN

Amur maackia long vase

By KIM SOOGEUN