Embrace and Letting Go

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Artist: Youngmi Angela Pak

Title: Embrace and Letting Go

Attribution: Embrace and Letting Go, 2022, Youngmi Angela Pak

Year: 2022

Materials: Ramie Fabric and colored thread

Dimensions: 6 x 7 x 3.5 inches

Image Statement: I have always been interested in geometry and mathematics, the way divergent forms interconnect with one another to create something new. I engage with these ideas using traditional materials and hand sewing techniques of the 2D Korean Bojagi in unconventional 3D ways. The humble Jogakbo (patchworked) Bojagi is a flat, square shaped piece of cloth, used to contain, store, and transfer various goods. It is made by piecing together small scraps of leftover fabrics. In this work, the Bojagi pieces bring together two elements: one geometric and stable, and the other organic and full of movement. By allowing all possibilities, pushing away nothing, and with a beginner's mind, I cut shapes from fabric and begin an exploration. Here the cube and the organically shaped part seem to merge together and grow out of one another, simultaneously embracing and letting go.