Statement

So Young Park’s contemporary jewelry forms and theory are inspired from her thesis, Nativity and memories from her childhood. She grew up near the ocean in southern part South Korea. So Young used to play with sea life and plants and collected many different kinds of shells and pebbles. She loved touching and observing the surface texture and pattern of shells and various naturally shaped pebbles during her happy childhood.

Watch So Young Park work the ancient Korean art of Kum-Boo: https://www.soyoungparkstudio.com/kum-boo-on-textured-surface/