The A To Z Toolkit
Yeonseo Chae
As I wrap up my four years studying at art school, I want to explore and reflect on the experiences I gained during my undergraduate studies. These experiences feel unique because in art school, there is rarely one defined answer where people can judge whether something is right or wrong.
This idea led to The A to Z Toolkit project, which reframes tools as open-ended materials rather than objects limited to their original functions. Tools are not markers of professionalism but are shaped by creative intention. Once a tool is in the hands of an artist, its meaning and use emerge through personal interpretation and experimentation.
Through an A to Z Toolkit Book that presents a wide range of objects as creative tools and an animation of objects of each letter, I hope to encourage art students and anyone interested in creative practice to feel confident in what they create, knowing that they are the ones who define both the process and the outcome.