Haein Song
London, United Kingdom
www.haeinsong.com
IG: haeinsong_

Un—Folded
2023/ 2024
Cyanotype, Letterpress
12.88 x 10.33 x 0.92 inches

Artist Statement

A book with sixteen cyanotype images and seven specially commissioned poems by Sam Winston on themes of space, time, and genealogy. Sixteen folded shapes (jong-e-jeop-ki in Korean), all created using the method of interlocking, were unfolded, and lines were drawn where the final folds occurred. These ‘unintended drawings’ were an attempt to reveal the abstract maps or way-findings of the paper foldings, showing a willingness to comprehend the unknown.

These drawings were then cyanotype printed on Tosa Washi 28gsm paper. The poems were set in Tisa Sans and letterpress printed from polymer plates using a Vandercook SP15 press. Some lines of the poems were printed on the reverse side with horizontally flipped text, offering the possibility of alternative readings. The images are printed on fore-edge folded sheets, and the poems on single sheets. The book is stab bound with a hard cover and housed in a cloth-covered drawer-style box. Each book is accompanied by a cyanotype print on Zerkall 225gsm paper. All sixteen unfolded paper foldings were layered on top and exposed for half an hour to create the final print.