Born-Again

Artist Yoon Mi-Ran has used a korean paper on her works for more than 20 years, and this particular material makes her works special and characteristic.

Her works show korean paper's distinctive characters as much as possible, such as its softness and elegance as well as its weakness to be ripped off and unexpected accidents of the result after torn down. Thus, the softness and boldness between cut-layers of korean paper are presented at the same time.

The work process includes; first she lays on several layers of korean paper on a silk and satin cloth, then places threads by horizontal, vertical or latticed way. Finally, she covers korean papers again on that and pull threads. This composition gives her work unity and order as a whole. Korean paper's calmness and stability becomes a power force to give her works lifelikeness.

This lifelikeness of her works becomes maximized when the artist's sprit soaks into the works: she rises above self through continuing hand-work, and her soul gives the work a life. Called as "Born-Again", her works come from her strong will toward a new life, and the birth of new life is not different from the spring's energy around.