{"product_id":"travelling-with-ink-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco","title":"Travelling with Ink: Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)","description":"\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eOriginal Artwork by Jeesoo Kim\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTravelling with Ink\u003c\/i\u003e is a chronological four part architectural narrative charting an internal journey of migration, memory, and personal renewal. Rather than treating global landmarks as detached tourist scenery, Kim uses these monumental structures as personal anchors for lived experience—executed in deliberate sequence from San Francisco and Sydney to London and Paris. Working without digital aids, washes, or rulers, Kim renders thousands of tonnes of industrial steel, precast concrete, and Gothic masonry by hand using fine nib archival fineliners on heavy Arches cotton rag. What began as a solitary technical exercise evolved into a deeply human dialogue: tracing the arc from an immigrant’s initial arrival to childhood memory, resilience through adversity, and the hard won clarity of finding home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGolden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)\u003c\/strong\u003e is the foundational piece that initiated \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"38\"\u003eTravelling with Ink\u003c\/i\u003e. Rendered from an acute, low-angle perspective, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"106\"\u003eGolden Gate Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e marks the critical moment Kim’s studio practice transitioned from strict technical hyperrealism into intimate emotional reflection. Exploring the bridge as both a feat of 20th-century engineering and a physical symbol of crossing between worlds, the composition balances massive Art Deco steel towers against gossamer-thin suspender cables. Each vertical line is drawn with single-stroke commitment directly into the tooth of the cotton rag, capturing the structural tension of stepping into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMedium -\u003c\/b\u003e Fine-nib archival pigment fineliners on 300gsm Arches hot-pressed cotton rag paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSize -\u003c\/b\u003e 35cm (W) × 35cm (H) unframed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"17\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"17\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFrame -\u003c\/b\u003e Sold unframed (shipped flat in archival, acid-free protective packaging). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSignature -\u003c\/b\u003e Hand-signed and dated (2025) by the artist on the front lower right; includes a signed Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Jeesoo Kim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655319769274,"sku":"Jeesoo Kim_006","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0036\/5445\/1289\/files\/VmnxcUh3Jp.jpg?v=1789521072","url":"https:\/\/www.gioia.com.au\/products\/travelling-with-ink-golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco","provider":"Gioia Wall Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}