Jewelry designer inspired by Wuhan's iconic landmarks

Fang Longhuizi is looking to renew the luster of locked-down Wuhan, and lift the spirits of its people, by posting drawings of her extravagant jewelry designs online, all of which are inspired by the city's signature elements from architecture to breakfast food, Chen Nan reports.

By Chen Nan | China Daily | Updated: 2020-03-18 08:36

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Some of the new set's drawings, inspired by the the plain.
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For Fang, her passion for jewelry design started in high school. Her mother, an art lover who teaches in a kindergarten in Yangzhou, introduced Fang to painting, calligraphy and music, when Fang was a toddler.

"I first learned about the major in jewelry design from a student of my art teacher in high school. She was a student at the Gemmological Institute of the China University of Geosciences," recalls Fang.

"When she presented her jewelry drawings to us, I was instantly hooked, and decided to study the same major as her."

Before she started teaching at the university in March 2019, Fang worked for a jewelry company in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, which enabled her to gain the experience of turning drawings into real pieces.