Wing Yau is a New York-based designer born in the Pacific Northwest. Hailing from a background in sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design, she assisted NYC artists and galleries before falling into design.

Beauty from the earth – fine jewelry mindfully made in NYC. WWAKE is a 100% women run, design driven, and sustainably minded fine jewelry company.

May 16, 2018 · Two years ago, Wwake designer Wing Yau adopted a new, sustainable production model that uses fair-trade mines, traceable gemstones, and recycled gold.

From a background in sculpture, Wing Yau designs pieces with a thoughtful balance of tension and scale that re-contextualises jewellery into unexpected arrangements and modern silhouettes. Driven by Wing’s itinerant childhood and the friendships that she built.

Nov 19, 2019 · Wing Yau was a sculptor and performance artist before channeling her energies into WWAKE, her ethically sourced jewelry company. We're glad she did.

Jul 23, 2019 · I'm Wing Yau, the designer and owner behind WWAKE — a fine jewelry brand based in Brooklyn, New York. Hailing from a background in sculpture, I started my jewelry line of detailed, otherworldly jewels with the intention of sharing my love for simple materials.

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Sep 15, 2019 · These are precisely the sort of pieces Brooklyn-based designer Wing Yau hopes to create with her fine jewelry line WWAKE. Think delicate precious-metal rings dotted with teensy perfect opals and natural tonal sapphires that you’ll want to stack all the way up to your knuckles, or constellation earrings that map out stars up your lobes with ...

Feb 28, 2025 · A former sculptor and performance artist, Yau founded jewelry studio WWAKE in 2012. Her pieces are light, airy twists on traditional pieces, like an open ring with two...