Carras is an A&amp;E senior staff writer. She was previously the assistant editor for the Theater Film and Television beat of A&amp;E.

Christi Carras

News

Sports

Arts

Opinion

The Quad

Photo

Video

Illustrations

Cartoons

Graphics

The Stack

PRIME

Enterprise

Interactives

Podcasts

Games

Classifieds

Print issues

robots

web.a&amp;e.okitokki.CZ.jpg - Daily Bruin

Alumna Aein Hope designs jewelry and accessories inspired by Korean folklore and Hangeul characters. (Chelsea Zhang/Daily Bruin)

https://dailybruin.com/2017/07/30/alumnas-jewelry-designs-rooted-in-korean-folklore-and-tradition/web-ae_-okitokki-cz_-jpg/

twitter:card

twitter:description

twitter:title

twitter:site

https://wp.dailybruin.com/images/2017/07/web.ae_.okitokki.CZ_.jpg

twitter:image

twitter:creator

Lifestyle

db-story-c2

Daily Bruin

Alumna&#039;s jewelry designs rooted in Korean folklore and tradition - Daily Bruin

Alumna&#8217;s jewelry designs rooted in Korean folklore and tradition

max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1

Artist Aein Hope strolled through a South Korean street market in search of the perfect souvenir to commemorate her time studying abroad. The UCLA Korean studies and Asian humanities alumna hoped to find a shirt or bag featuring Hangeul, Korea’s written language.

https://dailybruin.com/2017/07/30/alumnas-jewelry-designs-rooted-in-korean-folklore-and-tradition/

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Alumna’s jewelry designs rooted in Korean folklore and tradition

By Christi Carras

July 30, 2017 7:46 p.m.