How Hong Kong jewellery maker The Polska Traveller transforms memories into wearable art
Hong Kong-based jewellery maker The Polska Traveller creates custom pieces by repurposing vintage objects and found materials. Founder Yeung Sau-lun emphasizes the intimate, artistic nature of his work, which draws on his background in visual arts and international internships.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of sustainable art practices and personal storytelling in the modern luxury and craft industry.
In ancient times, treasured jewellery pieces were often a marker of status, wealth or spiritual devotion. In more recent centuries, customised jewellery took on personal meaning, referencing relationships, cultural heritage or self-expression. Importantly – before the advent of fast fashion – the making of jewellery took time and care.
The Polska Traveller, an independent jewellery maker in Hong Kong, still honours this tradition.
Its artisans, like silversmiths in the olden days, make rings, pendants, bracelets, bangles and necklaces with reverence and patience, in a studio space above its Sai Ying Pun shop.
“To me, jewellery is personal and intimate,” says founder Yeung Sau-lun, who considers himself an artist of diverse media rather than strictly a jewellery maker.
“It’s an art form you always wear on your body, an object representing who you are.”
The beginnings of The Polska Traveller
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