T E X T I L E 

 

C O L O U R 

 

M A T E R I A L 

 

F I N I S H 

 

June (Jeonghwa) Hong


June is a Textile Design graduate from Chelsea College of Art (University of the Arts London), who has specialised in Weave and has obtained a First Class Honours Degree.
She is a materials-led, experimental, and technical weaver. She is also an excellent colourist.





Education

Sep 2017 - July 2020                 BA(HONS) Textile Design - First Class Degree
                                                    Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK                                    
                                                    (Specialising in Weave)

                                                    
 Mar 2013 - Feb 2016                High School Diploma
                                       Jeju National University High School, Jeju-si, South Korea

                                                    Received Academic Excellence Scholarship in 2013
                                                    Top student (Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry Pathway)




Volunteeting

Oct 2021                                    Making "Plogging" bags with a home sewing machine

                                                   for Bujeon 1-dong Community Center (Busan, South Korea)

                                                    "Plogging" is a combination of jogging with picking up litter.                                  
                                                    This activity was aimed to up-cycle signs illegally attached to street               

                                                    furniture and create bags for ploggers.
                                                    


Experience
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
R&D Center Fabric intern at Nobland (Seoul, South Korea)

‌Tracking consumer trends

Contributing to the creation of trends reports
‌Constant Interaction with Chinese manufacturing suppliers
‌Collecting and archiving fabric samples from suppliers into a material library
May 2021 - Jul 2021
Product design intern at Evezary (Seoul, South Korea)

‌‌Tracking consumer trends
Collaborating with external vendors/ suppliers
Collecting and archiving fabric samples
Supporting editorial design‌
Dec 2020
Exhibited at Team LEWIS Foundation 2020 Annual Exhibition (London, United Kingdom)
Sep 2020 - Dec 2020
Design intern at Kolon Industries (Seoul, South Korea)

Designing graphic patterns with Illustrator and Photoshop
Meetings with material suppliers, Trend research, Image editing  
Feb 2019
Displayed woven samples at Premiere Vision 2019 in Paris
June 2019
Sold handmade bags at Pimlico Market in June 2019
July 2019
Pure Origin 2019 Staff
KTTA (Korea Textile Trade Association)

Translating and selling textile samples to buyers
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018 
Fashion Assistant
Linkazia Creative, Seoul, South Korea


Cutting and scanning garment patterns
Drawing and editing in Adobe software

Marketing: directing and filming the garment-making process; editing video with Adobe software (Premiere Pro)

TOOLS

CAD: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign
Weave software: Weave-Point, Pointcarre
Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word

SKILL

Textile: Dobby and Jacquard weaving (Harris, Arm, TC1)/ Embroidery/ Hand-knitting/ Machine-knitting/ Silkscreen/ Dyeing (acid and procion)/ Hank winding/ Digital printing

License

International driving license
(Issued Aug 2018/ Korean National Police Agency)

Engineer Colorist (Issued Jun 2021/ HRD Korea)
- Credential ID: 212010318461

Language

Fluent in English and Korean, German beginner

IELTS Academic
Test date: 29/01/2022
Overall Band Score: 8.0 (Listening 9.0/Speaking 8.5)

Highlights

An empty shell 2020


Woven

An empty shell 2020


Digital

Versatile Unit 2019


Interior 

The Double 2017


Fashion 

C O N T A C T


You can contact me via the form below,

Or send me an e-mail directly at
june6beforejuly7@gmail.com

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