DORA KIM

ABOUT

WORK

Immersive Stillness 2025

Weaving
Pattern Design
Textile Product Design
Fiber arts

VOID, GRID, SHADOW

PATTERN DESIGN FOR
INTERIOR FABRIC

When handling and protecting something precious, we fold. When organizing thoughts or pausing before a new beginning, we fold our intentions inward. In Korean, this act is expressed by the verb "접는다 (jeop-neun-da)." In moments of silence, I unconsciously folded paper—again and again— inscribing time into the material through my fingertips. Each crease became a quiet accumulation of memory and presence. Following these traces with slow, deliberate gestures—adding color, rubbing, tearing, piercing— I wove together surfaces that record not just material transformations, but layered experiences of time. Folding is a form of silent performance: a repetitive and meditative act where stillness is internalized through the hand, and time is marked not by clocks, but by accumulated touch. Through this practice, I created textured surfaces that hold within them the immediacy of the hand and the endurance of time. These folded and layered gestures evolved into a textural wallpaper design for interior spaces, offering quiet memory and tactile resonance throughout the environment.

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