Malaysian jewellery designer receives international award for 'wau' pendant

The Malaysian jewellery designer received the Iron A'Design Award for her Tribute Wau Multifunction Pendant, a stunning piece made with 18k gold, sapphires and diamonds featuring a nephrite jade centre "The tails of Tribute Wau move as you do, representing the feel of wind flowing along the kite as it soars through the skies where it belongs, free of earthly bonds," Wong said of her design The A'Design Award is the world's largest design competition that recognises the best designs from around the world.

Born in Singapore and returned to Kuala Lumpur when she was barely a year old, Wong didn't start out as a jewellery designer but graduated in Fine Arts after discovering a love for drawing and painting "One day, a jewellery manufacturer approached me to produce hand-drawn jewellery designs and from there I became interested in jewellery design." "I took a Diploma in Jewellery Design at Raffles International Collage to learn more and started producing my own jewellery," said Wong who worked at Poh Kong, Tomei and PYT previously Asked what most people don't know about jewellery-making, Wong said: "I think most people do not realise the amount of time, investment and process that goes into jewellery design, as they just see the end result". Source