Some of the new set's drawings, inspired by the the plain. [Photo provided to China Daily]

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.