Seohee Koh left her native country of Korea at seventeen to come to the United States for high school. Here she fell in love with jewelry design and metalsmithing. After high school, Seohee was driven to pursue the study of art and jewelry design at Rhode Island School of Design. In 2003, she graduated from RISD and moved to New York to start her professional career with Liz Claiborne Inc. At Liz Claiborne Seohee learned about costume jewelry design and business.
After almost three years with Liz Claiborne, Seohee wanted to reconnect to her fine art roots and in 2006 she enrolled in the Creative Academy in Milan, Italy for her Master’s degree in luxury product design. Her experience at the Creative Academy lead her to a new career in luxury and fine jewelry. Thus far Seohee has worked for several luxury brands including Van Cleef and Arpels in Paris, France, Movado Group and Tiffany and Co in New York, NY.
Even while working at leading jewelry design firms, she continued to craft her own jewelry. Seohee’s own jewelry designs have been seen in various exhibitions in the United States as well as in Europe. Exhibitions include SOFA New York in 2004, John Michael Kohler Arts Center ONE & ONLY: GIFTS MADE BY HAND, WI, USA in 2003, Handwerkskammer, TALENTE 2004, Germany, and PGI (Platinum Guild International) cooperated Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy, in 2006.
Her work shows how the shapes can be controlled within lines and angles by scoring and folding very thin metal to create the clean, reflective shapes. Her jewelry is highly inspired by geometry and architectural elements with fun twists. Seohee says, “My jewelry is full of surprise and the unexpected yet within my control.” Seohee creates her jewelry in her Dumbo, Brooklyn studio. For more information visit www.seoheekoh.com or www.earbloom.com.
For more information please visit: www.seoheekoh.com or www.earbloom.com.
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