Shed Of Yun

Shed of Yun is the artist name of Dayoung Yun (as she makes most of her work from her shed in her back garden). Dayoung is a S. Korean-born American artist based in Kent, who has been honing her linocut and illustration practice since the first Covid Lockdown in the UK. Originally, she graduated from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, with a Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design and Advertising. Dayoung had been working in the creative industry for the past 15 years before she fell in love with linocut and the process of printmaking.

S. Korean heritage and motherhood are often the subject matter of her prints. “I love the restrictive linoleum material which forces me to think in shapes and simplified formats to express complicated emotions like my Korean childhood memories, homesickness during current pandemic, or mindfulness I gain through my continuous study of Buddhism” says the printmaker.

In Dayoung’s recent project, Korean Ajumma Series, (Ajumma is translated as old lady in Korean), she aimed to depict beauty in hard working women in their 40-60s, most of whom are the main breadwinners of the family. She states; “These prints reflect my homesickness for Korea, but also celebrate the true beauty in the spirit of these unbeatable mums who are giving their best to keep their family fed”.

When beginning her prints, Dayoung sketches up rough ideas in her sketchbook, using references from old photograph folders and online research. After sketching, she transfers her design onto lino using Japanese Carbon paper, and the carving begins. “I have various tools but recently I fell in love with the cheap Japanese Woodcut tool. And Flextool for tiny detail bits. And obviously Pfeils for everything else.” Hoping to get a proper press soon, for now she uses her arms and hands, and a die cut machine for smaller prints.

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