The Yuns have created a unique alchemy of ancient Asian techniques and more modern Western imagery, specifically abstraction. Their “paintings” are made in the traditional method of Hanji, Korean papermaking, which they utilize in both time-honored and non-traditional ways. The origins of Hanji traces back almost 2,000 years. It is believed that paper was invented by T’sai Lun in 105 BC in China.

Papermaking skills were passed on to Korea and from there were carried on to Japan. Hanji is made from young, year-old bark of the dac, or the mulberry tree. The bark is carefully harvested between November and February and re-generates each year. The Yuns commitment to their craft demands that they harvest this collection of wood themselves, to keep forests of dac intact they visit the orchards each year for their gathering. They then begin a meticulous and arduous progression of steaming and processing the pulp. When they have finished to their satisfaction, they ship the creation to the United States, where they now live. It is a totally organic all-natural result.