Jeung-Hwa Park

Senior Critic
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RISD faculty member Jeun Hwa Park
BS, Kyung Hee University
MA, Ewha Womans University
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

Jeung-Hwa Park is an educator, creator and independent textile artist who showcases her work in museum exhibitions, galleries and respected craft shows in the US and abroad. After her college studies, she worked at Kolon Sport, one of the top-ranked sportswear companies in Korea, as a sportswear designer. Upon moving to America, she worked as a fashion reporter. She took photographs and wrote essays on current fashion trends in New York and Boston to send to Korean fashion magazines and fashion trend forecast companies. She gained further experience and a deeper understanding of textiles by earning an MFA at RISD. 

After graduating, Park continued to vigorously pursue a career as an independent artist in the professional field of American craft. She has exhibited her innovative sculptural knitted work in exhibitions and has received awards from nationally recognized associations for artistic achievement. In addition, her knit work has been purchased for prestigious permanent fashion and textile collections by the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Fidelity Investments Art Collection in Rhode Island and the Hong Kong Design Institution Museum Collection. 

More than a decade of teaching at RISD has taught Park valuable lessons as an educator. She rediscovered her love of teaching and gained confidence in her own teaching philosophy. She aims to stimulate motivation and potential in her students. Above all, she focuses on guiding her students to discover their own artistic expression. 

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

APPAR 3128-01 - JUNIOR MACHINE KNITWEAR STUDIO
Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

APPAR 3128-01

JUNIOR MACHINE KNITWEAR STUDIO

Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Jeung-Hwa Park Location(s): Canal Street Studios, Room 308 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course is an introduction to the creative and technical possibilities of the knitting machine. Through the development of knit swatches, the course will cover the following essentials of sweater knit design including graphing, calculating gauge and tension, shaping of a knit body, exploration of a diverse range of knit stitches, professional finishing of a knit garment, and how to select the best yarn to execute your final garment. Students will also develop unique trims and finishes to enhance their designs.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $250.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Junior Apparel Design Students. 

Major Requirement | BFA Apparel Design

APPAR 3140-01 - SENIOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

APPAR 3140-01

SENIOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructor(s): Catherine Andreozzi, Jeung-Hwa Park Location(s): Canal Street Studios, Room 302 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

During three integrated studios, students learn professional collections from concept to presentation. Portfolio assignments are aimed at strengthening students' established styles and experimentation in new areas. Studios build on their draping, drafting and construction skills through individual instruction as they complete a collection for final presentation to the visiting critics. During studio, students explore varied means of presentation and capturing of their process.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $1,000.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Senior Apparel Design Students. 

Major Requirement | BFA Apparel Design

APPAR 3140-02 - SENIOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

APPAR 3140-02

SENIOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Catherine Andreozzi, Jeung-Hwa Park Location(s): Canal Street Studios, Room 302 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

During three integrated studios, students learn professional collections from concept to presentation. Portfolio assignments are aimed at strengthening students' established styles and experimentation in new areas. Studios build on their draping, drafting and construction skills through individual instruction as they complete a collection for final presentation to the visiting critics. During studio, students explore varied means of presentation and capturing of their process.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $1,000.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Senior Apparel Design Students. 

Major Requirement | BFA Apparel Design

Spring 2024 Courses

APPAR 2212-01 - ADVANCED KNITTING
Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

APPAR 2212-01

ADVANCED KNITTING

Level Undergraduate
Unit Apparel Design
Subject Apparel Design
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Jeung-Hwa Park Location(s): Canal Street Studios, Room 308 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

The course will focus on gaining advanced knitting technical skills and exploring social justice issues in fashion: sustainability and body image. Students will apply zero waste principles from design to construction while developing sustainable concepts that redefine body image. This interwoven approach will inspire students to become ethically, socially, and environmentally responsible designers. The course will emphasize the sustainable development of knit accessories, adornments, and garments as one simultaneous process based on craftsmanship and creative research. To realize this process, the course will introduce students to the double bed knitting machine, which allows greater versatility in creating rib structures. The course will also engage students with zero waste knitting, and guide them to develop sustainable design missions. Similarly, students will explore the social constructions of culture, history, age, gender, and identity in relation to how society influences body image. This will allow students to reinvent the concept of body image on their own terms in the "Knitting for Diverse Bodies" project. This project will empower students to redefine body image as it connects to their understanding of sustainability, aesthetics, and design identity/identities.

To begin the "Knitting for Diverse Bodies" project, students will first be introduced to fully fashioned knit accessories and adornments such as body ornaments, head pieces, neck pieces, gloves, footwear, handbags, masks, etc.

Second, students will explore how knit accessories and adornments can open up possibilities for creating new design identities in relation to our bodies.

Third, students will create fully fashioned knit garments inspired by their personal research and understanding of body image and sustainability. In doing so, students will follow their original, innovative, creative, and sustainable design missions that integrate with their redefinition of body image/s.

Students will be encouraged to engage with historical, social, and cultural movements for inspiration in developing their sustainable design missions and understanding of body image and body positivity. Each student will share their research to the class, and together will discuss as a group how sustainable design has impacted body image issues, and how students can continue to evolve sustainable design missions and address social and ethical concerns as a designer. Throughout the course, students will create a digital documentation of their creative process, suggestions, and ideas by the use of visual, written, and spoken words.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $150.00

Elective

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RISD faculty member Jeun Hwa Park
BS, Kyung Hee University
MA, Ewha Womans University
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design