Jihyun Kim & Woo Jin Joo

Jihyun Kim

Jihyun Kim, a ceramic designer from South Korea, melds tradition with enchantment in her craft.

Jihyun's creations beautifully blend sculptural and functional elements, inspired by her cultural heritage and nature's mystical aspects. Her exploration of organic forms, especially fungi, infuses her pieces with magical narratives, inviting viewers to discover magic in the mundane.

Woo Jin Joo

Woo Jin Joo is a textiles artist working predominantly with embroidery. Based in London, her practice explores her East Asian heritage through mythology, folklore and shamanism and how these ancient belief systems manifest in contemporary culture.  

She is known for her textile works that are populated with mythical figures and motifs shaped by her worldview and imagination. From sculptures of creatures and demigods, to patchworks of symbols and iconography, her practice centres non-human perspectives and imagines alternative futures where life is sustained by multi-species collaboration and entanglements.