2022 · Best of Show Award
The Dream of Butterfly
Best of Show Award, Open Group (Finished Jewellery), at the 23rd Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition.
Sharon Yuen袁靖慈
YUEN Ching Chi. Award winning designer in Hong Kong, transforming traditional jadeite into modern, poetic high jewelry.
Best of Show Award, Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition, 2021 and 2022FGA DGA, Gem-A
Read the recordThe qualifications are not decoration
A Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain — FGA, taken in October 2023 — after the Association’s Diamond Diploma DGA in 2013 and a Diploma of Jadeite Jade from the Hong Kong Institute of Gemology in 2014. The person selling the jadeite is the person who graded and selected.
Japanese (JLPT) N1 level. With a distinct background in Japanese language, Sharon bridges communities through art, bringing her celebrated jadeite designs from Hong Kong and Singapore to a sophisticated clientele across Japan.
2013Jewels And Me founded
The gemstone, diamond and pearl line. Five years before the jadeite line was named.
2017the studio opened
In Tsim Sha Tsui East. Studio with private showroom.
20191st & 2nd Runner-up
Hong Kong Fei Cui Design Biennial Contest, Open Group (Finished Jewellery).
Retail price at or over US$10,000: Dew Freshness, 2nd Runner-up. Under US$10,000: Blessed Gourd, 1st Runner-up, and Ancient Chinese Fan, 2nd Runner-up.
2021Best of Show Award
22nd Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition, for Follow the wind, which also won Craftsmanship and Technology Award.
2022Best of Show Award, again
23rd Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition, for The dream of butterfly, on the second consecutive year.
Sharon Yuen’s journey to high jewelry is a testament to pure devotion. Driven by a lifelong passion for art and gemstones, decided to walked away from an established career in Japanese electronics sector in 2017.
I wanted to do what I truly love, and didn’t mind starting over at 40.
A sentence from Sharon.
From Amateur to Artisan. Sharon dedicated her second half-century to breathing modern elegance into traditional jadeite. And she successfully transformed from a corporate professional into an award-winning designer—blending meticulous precision with poetic jadeite storytelling.
Best of Show Award, twice
The Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition is judged on finished jewelry, not on drawings. The award certificate and the winning piece are photographed together below, as they were issued.
2021 · Best of Show Award
Follow the Wind
Best of Show Award at the 22nd Hong Kong Jewellery Design Competition, which also gave the piece the Craftsmanship and Technology Award.
And three placings at the Fei Cui Biennial
Hong Kong Fei Cui Design Biennial Contest, 2019. Three pieces placed in the same year, in both price groups.
- 2019Dew Freshness — 2nd Runner-up. Open Group (Finished Jewellery), retail price at or over US$10,000
- 2019Blessed Gourd — 1st Runner-up. Open Group (Finished Jewellery), retail price under US$10,000
- 2019Ancient Chinese Fan — 2nd Runner-up. Open Group (Finished Jewellery), retail price under US$10,000
Interviews and coverage
Three broadcast interviews, and the press that has written about the work. Listed rather than reproduced: the photographs and the recordings belong to the broadcasters and publishers, not to the studio.
- 『A Dream Job』 — Commercial Radio Hong Kong, 881903November 2023 · Radio
- 『U Can U Up』 — RTHK, Radio Television Hong KongAugust 2021 · Radio
- 『Invest Smarter：姿識寶庫』 — ViuTV Hong KongMarch 2021 · Television
- Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore — The Balloons Collection, in the newspaper’s Singapore sectionJuly 2026 · Press
- Bastillepost, Hong Kong — On jadeite and the studio’s workPress
- Hong Kong Jewellery Magazine — The international magazine for jewelry professionalsTrade press
The bench
Located in Hong Kong. Every piece of works is made by hand, in limited numbers. The journey for a piece from start to finish.
Where the work is shown
Hong Kong is the studio. Singapore, Malaysia and Japan where the clients are. The works have been showcased in Tokyo, and in Singapore since 2019.
In her clients’ own words
Written to her directly by clients who collected her designer pieces. Where a client wrote in Chinese or Japanese, her words are set first and the English follows as a translation.
妳的作品不只是一件「首飾」，而是非凡的藝術作品。
Your work is not merely a piece of jewelry. It is an extraordinary work of art.
Ms. ChanHong KongOn seeing the studio’s work
Beautiful pieces. I am wearing the earrings today.
Ms. LeeSingaporeCollected our designer piece
この間買わせていただいたブローチですが、私のお守りになっていて毎朝、手に包んで今日も一日守ってねとお願いしています。大切な宝物になってます。
The brooch I bought from you the other day has become my lucky charm. Every morning I hold it in my hands and ask it to look after me for the day. It has become a treasure.
Private collectorChiba, JapanCollected 2 designer pieces (a brooch and a ring)
I love this pendant made by you. Will always receive good feedback whenever I wear it.
Ms. HiaSingapore · Private collectorCollected over 5 of our designer pieces
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