She began to feel light, anonymous Painting

Jieun Kim's works are painted several times on Hanji(Traditional Korean paper) with cotton, hemp, or silk cloths layered on top, creating a unique canvas. On the canvas, selected excerpts from texts such as Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, fabrics, branches, buttons, and threads are used to bring the images such as leaves, raindrops, sweaters, flowerpots and plants to life. The text is written with a whittled tree branch, and stitch by stitch, the artist sews using threads with various colours and textures for either the whole work or featured sections of it. These stitches take on various forms, ranging from clear lines to vague images. They weave and connect separate pieces of fabric and attach them to the canvas to make a cohesive and complete composition. The act of sewing by crossing threads and needles inside and outside the fabric are important elements of work that represent the image of the healing process.