From October 7-10 David Choi will be exhibiting his jewelry at  LOOT 2014, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City.

David Choi is an emerging jewelry artist who is passionate about his work. Although he only graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2011, he already has worked with Alexis Bittar and been the Open Studio Artist at the Museum of Art and Design (New York City) and the Artist in Residence at the Worcester Center for Crafts (Worcester, MA). He also has exhibited his handmade jewelry on three continents, won numerous scholarships and awards, and been published internationally. That is a lot to accomplish in such a short period of time, and that doesn’t count his stints as a teaching assistant and instructor.

When David Choi turns an idea over in his head he thinks in three dimensions. He begins a jewelry design with a rough sketch that helps him visualize the predetermined forms and initial volume of the object. Then he uses a computer aided design program to generate virtual three-dimensional structures plane by plane. When he finishes modeling the virtual form, he uses a command tool inside the CAD program to unfold each plane onto a flat surface to generate two dimensional layouts. The layouts become a blueprint for his actual works.

When his contemporary art jewerly is ready to be assembled, he attaches the printed layouts onto a flat sheet of metal and starts cutting, folding, and fabricating to construct three dimensional forms. The process is very similar to sculpted origami -- the Japanese art of forming sculptures out of paper. The final result has the look of something between abstract sculpture and the mineral world. When the light hits the surface, it reveals a rich depth of form. According to David, his modern jewelry designs are "a world of geometry in which new codes of beauty are investigated.”

For David's Artist Statement and a list of his accomplishments see David's personal page in Artners Gallery.