Engineer turns diorama queen


Young talent: Lim showing off her miniature dioramas at her home ­studio in Johor Baru. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: Turning nostalgia into tiny figurine creations is what miniature artist Lim Pui Wan does best.

Since 2017, the 30-year-old, who qualified as a mechanical engineer, has been making a living off her hobby in diorama-making, which she learned during her teenage years.

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