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  Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Necklace. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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  Yong Joo Kim

  Reconfiguring the Ordinary: Twist, Looped and Attached

  Neckpiece. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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  Yong Joo Kim

  Reconfiguring the Ordinary: Twist, Looped and Attached

  Neckpiece. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Necklace. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Brooches. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Reconfiguring the Ordinary: Twist, Looped and Attached

  Neckpiece. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Necklace. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Necklace. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Necklace. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Transitions in Red

  Rings. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Cewo Gebcho

  Earrings. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Cewo Mejo

  Earrings. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Cewo Tolio

  Earrings. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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• Yong Joo Kim

  Mara Vitro

  Earrings. Hand cut, hand assembled and hand sewn Velcro hook-and-loop fastener, sterling silver

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Yong Joo Kim received her MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA from Sook Myung Women’s University in Seoul, Korea. She recently won the prestigious SAC Artist award from the Society of Arts and Crafts. In 2013, her work was selected for the international competition TALENTE in Munich, Germany. In 2012, she received the Niche award as a winner in Jewelry: Sculpture to Wear. In 2011, she received the Adrianna Farrelli Prize for Excellence in Fiber Art from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Her ingenious designs utilize hand-cut and fabricated forms, made from Velcro hook-and-loop fasteners in red, black, and grey, that seem to move even when still. Her work has been internationally exhibited at museums and galleries.

Statement

My work introduces unconventional use of familiar artifacts into a world full of conventions. By assembling, grouping, clustering, and piling, the small and simple elements become complex, and give rise to the unexpected. As the wearer approaches my work, the experience of perspective shifts and sudden realizations spark wonder, discovery, tension, joy and play. My investigation of creation, innovation, and transformation questions the definition of value, and provides a never-ending field for invention.

Selected Collections:

• The Museum of Arts and Design, New York
• Velcro Australia Inc. Permanent Collection, VA, Australia
• Velcro U.S.A. Inc. Permanent Collection, Manchester, NH, U.S.
• Numerous private collections throughout the United States and internationally