Zines, drawings & 이것저것 (this and that) from Seoul. Let’s make something fun!

every mango sticky rice I’ve ever eaten in Chiang Mai — front cover

every mango sticky rice I’ve ever eaten in Chiang Mai

A collection of seven personal accounts of eating mango sticky rice in Chiang Mai.

Year
2026
Pages
18 p.
Dimensions
21 × 14.8 cm
Cover
Self-cover
Binding
Loose leaves, ball chain
Process
Digital print, hand-stamped, with handmade stickers
Language
English, Korean
Note
Each copy is finished by hand. The price stickers are stamped one by one, so their colors and shapes vary, and the dot stickers are placed differently in every copy.
i get so ugly when i have a crush — front cover

i get so ugly when i have a crush

An illustrated zine about the unflattering person I become when I have a crush: upset by a tarot reading, zooming in far too much on a photo, or unable to stop talking about someone.

Year
2026
Pages
10 p.
Dimensions
21 × 14.8 cm
Cover
Acetate
Binding
French-folded, paper fastener
Process
Two-color Risograph, red and mint, with handwritten diary entries
Language
English (diary entries in Korean)
Note
The diary entries are handwritten in each copy, and no two copies hold the same entries.
When you travel… — the zine in its keyring case

When you travel…

An accordion zine in a keyring case, made from my trip to Gunsan Book Fair 2026.

Year
2026
Pages
34 p.
Dimensions
7 × 5.2 × 1.8 cm (closed, in case)
Cover
PVC keyring case
Binding
Accordion-fold (leporello)
Process
Digital print
Language
English, Korean

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I work at a publishing house by day and make zines by night. As a child, I drew foods from novels that I had never tasted and objects from TV dramas, then folded the paper into little books. Finding a book about zines brought me back to that kind of play. I turn experiences that stay with me into drawings and books: food I keep wanting to eat, a trip that goes wrong, or the ridiculous person I become when I have a crush. Sometimes I linger far too long over something I love; sometimes I turn the ugly thoughts I’m embarrassed to admit into something we can laugh at. I hope readers see a little of themselves in these books.

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