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Korean Jewelry Designer
About Daniel Cho
In 2019, Daniel Cho dismantled a 300-year-old Joseon-era brass incense burner, not to destroy it, but to extract its oxidized patina and fuse microscopic particles into the alloy of his 'Hanjungmyeong' ring series. This act crystallized his design philosophy: Korean tradition isn’t preserved in stasis, but reanimated through material dialogue. Working from a converted hanok studio in Ikseon-dong, he avoids CAD for early prototyping, instead carving wax with calligraphy brushes repurposed from his grandmother’s ink set, each stroke calibrated to the rhythm of sijo poetry line breaks. His pieces rarely feature gemstones; instead, he cold-forges recycled 24-karat gold with traces of volcanic ash from Jeju, creating surfaces that shift from matte charcoal to liquid bronze under Seoul’s shifting light. Critics note how his ‘Seoul Fog’ necklace mimics the city’s atmospheric refraction not through optics, but via micro-grooves milled at precise 17-degree angles, the same incline of traditional Korean roof eaves.
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- “How did your Hanjungmyeong ring series change how Korean museums approach metal conservation?”
- “Why do you mill grooves at exactly 17 degrees on the Seoul Fog necklace?”
- “What’s the significance of using calligraphy brushes instead of wax-carving tools?”
- “How does Jeju volcanic ash alter the metallurgical behavior of 24-karat gold?”