KERF WOOD

When making a curve for a Layered series product, I make a cut on only one side of a PP board and bend it along the cut line. I thought it might be possible to apply the same technique to wood, so I started experimenting with what resulted in the Kerf series. A specific technique called ‘Kerf bending’, which makes gaps with a certain depth at regular intervals to create a curve, is applied during the stool making process. You can see the stitch-like pattern lining the edge of structural members, it is cut marks produced by a Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machine. 

from the [Interview] ‘Meticulously Layered Memories’ - ‘SPACE MAGAZINE’ SEP 2019

edited by Enhwa Choi