EUNSEOK HAN

Cluster Contemporary Jewellery 2022

 
 

STAY ALIVE-R

The disposable products we meet everyday are considered one of the main cause of environmental pollution. Because of them, the environment is polluted, the earth is warming, and the water temperature rises. As a result, many living things are threatened their lives. Corals, for example, bleach due to the pollution, and lose its beautiful colors. I used discarded cans to express the beautiful colors of coral that are gradually disappearing due to the pollution. I hope that not only the coral but also disposable cans could stay alive with us for a long time.

 
 

Eunseok Han is a jewelry artist based in Seoul, South Korea. She completed an MFA in metal craft at the Dongduk women’s university in Seoul. Eunseok is interested in the natural environment and has recently made small efforts to protect the environment by making jewelry out of recycled cans.

 
 
 

She was a winner of the ‘Joya Barcelona Art Jewelry and Objects 2021’ and has exhibited her work in Seoul, New York, Boston, Madrid. Her work was published in the New York Times in July 2022. She is currently living in Seoul and working on various international exhibitions.

 
 
 
 

My work began with our daily life full of disposable items. The disposables we meet every day are considered as non-precious materials and are used only once then discarded. Generally, diamonds, gold, and silver are great materials of jewelry. On the other hand, disposable cans and plastics have been considered inadequate materials for jewelry. However, I thought we could make beautiful jewelry with non-precious materials, even with the discarded materials. This is why I started working with recycled cans  which is one of the discarded disposable materials.