GROWING up, Japanese anime had a big influence on Mabel Low. She adored the art behind each anime, inspiring her to create her own anime illustrations.
Years later, she returned to her love of anime, unexpectedly. It was a pair of cute cupcake enamel earrings that took her down the road of making a life-changing career move.
Low, who founded a blog shop selling handmade jewellery in 2009, used to stock up on various jewellery that she curated, and even collected metal charms.
âOne day, I laid my eyes on some 3D enamel charms on eBay that resembled one sold by a high-end brand, Fossil, which was too expensive for me to buy back then. I figured that maybe I could make my own 3D charms,â said Low, now 28.
âI found a tutorial on how to sculpt cupcake charms out of polymer clay. Even though I didnât dive right into the creating process, the idea that you could sculpt your own charms stuck with me.â
Four years later, Low found herself making clay sculptures and delving deeper into the world of charms, figurines and of course, Japanese anime.
