Ling
@ling.bsky.social
designer + writer
learning jewelry making in public 💎
read long-form at https://painchips.substack.com/
learning jewelry making in public 💎
read long-form at https://painchips.substack.com/
My childhood ambition was to become a writer. Although life had me traveling different roads, the space for me to write remained open. You could say that my words in print is a dream come true.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My childhood ambition was to become a writer. Although life had me traveling different roads, the space for me to write remained open. You could say that my words in print is a dream come true.
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My favorite thing of late is asking strangers to describe their dogs to me. What makes them special to you? The answers warm my heart and make me smile every time. They are truly our best friends.
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My favorite thing of late is asking strangers to describe their dogs to me. What makes them special to you? The answers warm my heart and make me smile every time. They are truly our best friends.
Yes! 2 poems accepted for @wastelandlitmag.bsky.social issue 3! 🥲
March 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yes! 2 poems accepted for @wastelandlitmag.bsky.social issue 3! 🥲
After a few months of practice, I finally made a ring that is fully my design from conception to finish. I feel proud of it and excited about where you find yourself when you put in the time.
#jewelrymaking #silversmithing #handmadejewelry
#jewelrymaking #silversmithing #handmadejewelry
March 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
After a few months of practice, I finally made a ring that is fully my design from conception to finish. I feel proud of it and excited about where you find yourself when you put in the time.
#jewelrymaking #silversmithing #handmadejewelry
#jewelrymaking #silversmithing #handmadejewelry
honored to be featured in lovers magazine alongside so many awesome designers!
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spaces.is/loversmagazi...
Interview with Ling Lim, Product Designer at Scale AI: Lovers Magazine by Spaces
Ling is a multi-passionate product designer boldly creating new categories in AI. Outside of work, she is a published essayist and poet, and currently …
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March 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
honored to be featured in lovers magazine alongside so many awesome designers!
spaces.is/loversmagazi...
spaces.is/loversmagazi...
It's possible that I will never stop crying about Cyrus. I wrote about him and I cried about him, again. And so it will go on for a little bit longer. Miss you so very much buddy.
March 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's possible that I will never stop crying about Cyrus. I wrote about him and I cried about him, again. And so it will go on for a little bit longer. Miss you so very much buddy.
In designing my jewelry, I feel grateful to witness my expertise as a product designer kick in: what are the pain points of the current experience, and how can I solve them in my designs?
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In designing my jewelry, I feel grateful to witness my expertise as a product designer kick in: what are the pain points of the current experience, and how can I solve them in my designs?
You're not tired, you're just not doing something you're interested in.
March 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You're not tired, you're just not doing something you're interested in.
From writing to discover its essence, to sketch, to paper prototyping, to metal — I'm excited to see where this one goes.
Every piece I'd made has been a tribute to Cyrus, but this one is especially so. It is an extension of our shared memories.
#jewelrymaking #petloss
Every piece I'd made has been a tribute to Cyrus, but this one is especially so. It is an extension of our shared memories.
#jewelrymaking #petloss
March 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
From writing to discover its essence, to sketch, to paper prototyping, to metal — I'm excited to see where this one goes.
Every piece I'd made has been a tribute to Cyrus, but this one is especially so. It is an extension of our shared memories.
#jewelrymaking #petloss
Every piece I'd made has been a tribute to Cyrus, but this one is especially so. It is an extension of our shared memories.
#jewelrymaking #petloss
Broke my first wax ring today and I'm proudest of seeing it as a milestone. I'm in the game!
March 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Broke my first wax ring today and I'm proudest of seeing it as a milestone. I'm in the game!
I submitted! You can still submit!
I cannot actually believe the submission window for Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine is still open. If you got something, send it in!
StanchionZine.com/submissions
StanchionZine.com/submissions
March 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I submitted! You can still submit!
Read somewhere that happiness isn't getting everything you want, but the process of getting it and feeling yourself making progress towards it, and that's so true.
February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Read somewhere that happiness isn't getting everything you want, but the process of getting it and feeling yourself making progress towards it, and that's so true.
Last night I finished my 4th ring.
One thing I didn’t expect to gain was creative confidence. Having a vision from putting a piece of stone against my skin to a realized polished piece. I can make dreams come true. I just did.
#jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #jewelry
One thing I didn’t expect to gain was creative confidence. Having a vision from putting a piece of stone against my skin to a realized polished piece. I can make dreams come true. I just did.
#jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #jewelry
February 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last night I finished my 4th ring.
One thing I didn’t expect to gain was creative confidence. Having a vision from putting a piece of stone against my skin to a realized polished piece. I can make dreams come true. I just did.
#jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #jewelry
One thing I didn’t expect to gain was creative confidence. Having a vision from putting a piece of stone against my skin to a realized polished piece. I can make dreams come true. I just did.
#jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #jewelry
Being able to learn and "be bad" in public is also me trying to be gentle with myself. Hey, I'm a beginner at this thing and that's awesome.
#jewelrydesign
#jewelrydesign
February 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Being able to learn and "be bad" in public is also me trying to be gentle with myself. Hey, I'm a beginner at this thing and that's awesome.
#jewelrydesign
#jewelrydesign
Sometimes there's a voice inside you that's so loud that you must listen. Don't let doubt be louder.
February 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sometimes there's a voice inside you that's so loud that you must listen. Don't let doubt be louder.
I've heard such good things! Excited to join this club to improve my writing and get inspired by amazing writers again.
I have spots open in all 3 groups!
Catching Lightning: A Flash Reading/Writing Club
February 28-April 4th (skipping March 28th)
Group 1: 10:00-11:15 am EST Fridays
Group 2: 3:00-4:15 pm EST Fridays
Group 3 3:00-4:15 pm EST on Wednesdays
Cost $85 total for all 5 weeks or pay per session.
Catching Lightning: A Flash Reading/Writing Club
February 28-April 4th (skipping March 28th)
Group 1: 10:00-11:15 am EST Fridays
Group 2: 3:00-4:15 pm EST Fridays
Group 3 3:00-4:15 pm EST on Wednesdays
Cost $85 total for all 5 weeks or pay per session.
February 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've heard such good things! Excited to join this club to improve my writing and get inspired by amazing writers again.
I am thinking about drive. How even the most seemingly mundane of us needs it. Something that would be destroyed, even if symbolically, if we stop pushing ourselves. For me, it’s a combination of things — bills, my perceived identity, perfectionism, and Cyrus’s legacy.
February 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am thinking about drive. How even the most seemingly mundane of us needs it. Something that would be destroyed, even if symbolically, if we stop pushing ourselves. For me, it’s a combination of things — bills, my perceived identity, perfectionism, and Cyrus’s legacy.
The way I am overcoming self-doubt this year is by actively saying "NOPE not going there" when a defeating thought surfaces, and then converting that into an action instead that moves me closer to my goal.
February 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The way I am overcoming self-doubt this year is by actively saying "NOPE not going there" when a defeating thought surfaces, and then converting that into an action instead that moves me closer to my goal.
Not much to show except I discovered half round wire last night and I'm going to try using them for my next ring band!
#jewelrymaking
#jewelrymaking
February 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Not much to show except I discovered half round wire last night and I'm going to try using them for my next ring band!
#jewelrymaking
#jewelrymaking
It is, frankly, life changing when you start your day prioritizing what moves your soul. I love working mountain time because I now get 2 hours in the morning to work on things that matters deeply and personally to me.
February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It is, frankly, life changing when you start your day prioritizing what moves your soul. I love working mountain time because I now get 2 hours in the morning to work on things that matters deeply and personally to me.
Being a designer means not being able to do any work until the space itself pleases me 🥲
February 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Being a designer means not being able to do any work until the space itself pleases me 🥲
Trying to open up a world of possibilities with my first wax carved ring. I think it will happen ✨
#jewelrymaking #waxcarving
#jewelrymaking #waxcarving
February 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Trying to open up a world of possibilities with my first wax carved ring. I think it will happen ✨
#jewelrymaking #waxcarving
#jewelrymaking #waxcarving
Years ago, I made a timeless figjam vday card 💕
February 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Years ago, I made a timeless figjam vday card 💕
It was his eyebrows that danced. They’re unwitting performers. Up, down, left, right — enchanting all around us. So when I made the ring inspired by him, I picked 2 stones. Tiger’s eyes. It was only when I stared deep into them that I realized they were his eyes.
February 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It was his eyebrows that danced. They’re unwitting performers. Up, down, left, right — enchanting all around us. So when I made the ring inspired by him, I picked 2 stones. Tiger’s eyes. It was only when I stared deep into them that I realized they were his eyes.