Born in Seoul, South Korea, and based in Topeka, Kansas, Sunyoung Cheong is a designer, maker, curator, and educator who integrates technology with traditional metalsmithing to create her visual narrative. She combines precious metals with mixed media such as 3D-printed resin, fabric, wood, paper, and vitreous enamel using CAD/CAM, enameling, and the lost-wax casting process. Influenced by her surroundings in Kansas, she has recently become interested in the life of honeybees, which she uses as the primary form in her works. In doing so, she seeks to raise awareness of the environmental value of honeybees and how to build a sustainable community.
