I am interested in how materials are made, what lies beneath their surfaces, and how they appear differently under changing conditions.

Through carving wood, I learned to read its growth rings and grain, and to understand the relationship between its inner structure and outer form. Later, when I began working with 3D printing, I started to see this relationship in a different way. Looking at the machine-made layers and hidden infill through the eyes of a woodcarver opened up another way of understanding the relationship between structure and form.

This experience led me to explore what holds a form together and what happens when its structure changes. I separate printed forms into thin layers, bend them with heat, and stitch them back together by hand. Sometimes I add new layers through silkscreen printing, making the structures underneath more visible. Whether layers are removed or added, the relationship between inside and outside begins to shift, allowing familiar materials to appear differently.

This exploration also extends to the relationships between different materials. When materials with different properties are placed together, each retains its own character, yet their presence changes how the others are seen. I am interested in the space between them, where their differences remain and new relationships can emerge.