Collection/Casework
Casework
Joinery, grain, structure
Cabinetry and vessels built from wood: joined and finished with an eye to proportion, structure, and the discipline of the grain.
Euiyong Kim
No. 1
A small free-standing case in dark wood: fretwork lattice sides, a paper panel set behind carved apertures, and a forged wire hook at the crown for hanging. A carved grape-vine apron is the only figurative detail in an otherwise structural piece.
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Euiyong Kim
No. 2
Built to the same structural logic as No. 1, lattice, paper panel, forged hook, at a taller, narrower proportion, with a plainer apron. Read as a set, the two pieces test how far the same joinery method can be stretched before proportion itself becomes the subject.
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Euiyong Kim
No. 3
The smallest of Kim's case pieces here: a lantern-form stand reduced to its structural minimum, with a single paper panel behind a plain frame and a curved wire hook. Where No. 1 and No. 2 keep some carved decoration, No. 3 removes it entirely.
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Euiyong Kim
No. 4
A rectangular tray-top table built without carving or inlay: the wood's own flame-figured grain is the only surface incident, framed by a raised lip and set on angled joined legs. A direct counterpoint to the lattice-and-paper pieces, here, joinery is asked to do all the work.
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Euiyong Kim
No. 5
A round companion to No. 4, built to the same principle: grain over ornament, joinery left visible and unadorned. Presented as a pair, the two pieces argue that Kim's casework practice runs from finely worked lattice to plain structural discipline within a single hand.
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