Jae Hyo Lee Korean Natural Sculptures
Born in Hapchen, Korea in 1965 Jae Hyo Lee completed a B.F.A in Plastic Arts, Hong-ik University in 1992.
Leaving plastics behind Jae Hyo went on to discover his love for more natural materials, such as wood ….
Look at these beautiful chairs.
Scale appears to be no problem for this talented designer.
Beaten nails into wood.
Stone.
And finally metal. Beautiful shapes, organic and curvaceous, they really make you look twice.
Also beautiful when more weathered and rusty.
Lee creates some weird metallic animals too. The tortoise-helmet made me smile.
Is this his take on ‘ The Scream ‘ I wonder ?
Captivating, Inspired and creative work by a talented maker. More pieces on Lee’s website here.
If you liked this post , you may also like the work of Michael Grab and Andy Goldsworthy.
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Wowwwwwww, I LOVE this artist’s work!!! The sculptures with wood are amazing and so organic. But how did he get that ring of pebbles to stand up – that’s magic!!! Some of this work, namely the metal trees, reminds me a little of an artist I met last year in Florence called Zadok Ben-David (http://zadokbendavid.com). Not sure if he’s up your street but just a thunk!! And in the meantime if there is more you can tell us about Jae Hyo Lee, or more pics, please do another blog post on him cos this work is fabulous!
Thanks Lizzie, I like Zadok Ben-David’s work also but I think this pips it for me. Magic floating pebbles for sure : )
I think I agree too, Jae’s work just has the edge as it is so natural and organic, the wood just looks so smooth and if I had one of his sculptures I’d spend all day stroking it! Just me?!!
These are really really lovely pieces. Thanks for sharing his work with us.
I think you may have been misled by his BFA in “Plastic Arts” when you suggest he left plastics behind. The term doesn’t mean “plastic” in the organic polymer sense, but as Wiki says:
” .Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a plastic medium by moulding or modeling such as sculpture or ceramics…Materials for use in the plastic arts, in the narrower definition, include those that can be carved or shaped, such as stone or wood, concrete, or metal. “Plastics” meaning certain synthetic organic resins have been used ever since they were invented, but the term “plastic arts” long preceded them.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_arts
Thanks Harry, that’s a great clarification, thanks for letting us know.
My pleasure. Keep up the good work :o)
wow… beautiful! I love how he ‘goes big’… more of an impact, I think. And those chairs… I think they ‘wood’ last a long time! ;D I can see some of those large metal objects in a garden. Do you have any idea what the black ‘fuzzy’ object is made out of?
Hi Joy, he’s good with ‘big’ isn’t he lol
Ok I’m assuming that you didn’t do your homework and visit his website from my link then .. tut tut : ) because if you had, you would have discovered that he ‘fuzzy object’ is described as being wood !… perhaps it’s black twigs ? A little hard to tell without being closer up, I might have guessed at wool too. You’d need a big space for his work to sit comfortably, wouldn’t you.
You found me out Craig, I did not do my homework. 100 lashes with a wet noodle for me!
You’re forgiven… no need for the noodles
😀
I love all of your posts- and am so very appreciative of the time and energy it must take to send out these wonderful eye candies – but today’s post just blew me away! I loved it- but I’m a long time fan of Andy Goldsworthy as well!
These kind of things leave me awestruck- or gobsmacked as you Brits like to say 🙂
Thank you!
Betsy Marks
Thank you Betsy, it’s true that the posts do take up a lot of time and energy and so I also appreciate your comments and feedback as my own rewards : ) I’m also a fan of Goldsworthy and as a textile designer who likes pattern, this was definitely right up my street. Glad it had a pleasing effect for you too. Keep reading and commenting.