Revalued
2020 @ Personal WorkEnhancing the value of products that were thrown away by using the craftsmanship and extending the period of the ownership. Among the choices of diversity in products, I mainly focus on ceramic products due to their characteristic of non-recyclability.
As a trend in general changes rapidly, the trend in products changes as well; hence, the period of ownership of products is becoming shorter. As a result, the unwanted wastes are piled up like a mountain. I wanted to prolong the life of products, especially ceramics because they become unrecyclable once they are fired. Moreover, in South Korean cultural myth, there is a phrase that chipped ceramic products bring bad luck to the house. Hence, in the second-hand market of ceramics, there are stacks of big boxes of unwanted ceramics products.
Witnessing the scene of throwing away the products that contain efforts to make with human hands as well as stories is pitiful. Therefore, I wanted to lengthen the time of products that can stay with the owner by giving new value to the thrown-away products. I used craftsmanship to give a new identity and value. By so, it delivers the uniqueness and dynamic characteristics of re-made products. Rattan, particularly, interests me in exploring the materiality due to its ability to form a certain shape freely with hands once it has been socked into the water.
The re-made product is up to the owner, yet the most ideal way to use it is to make a pot to raise the plants. Being close to nature is good for health and mental.
