Something Beautiful In Jewellery

Something Beautiful in Jewellery – Wallace Chan

11 May, 2015

For this month’s Something Beautiful in Jewellery feature, I present the technical and visual wonder that is Wallace Chan.

You know you’re a top-tier investment jewellery designer when you don’t even have to bother making your own PR any more, but rather simply allow major news networks to create articles spreading your legend. So it is the case with Wallace Chan. This Chinese born sculptor invented his own methods for intaglio carving into precious stones as well as setting titanium(!).

Combined with his unmatched understanding of anodised titanium and flair for fantasy sculpture, his work never fails to look utterly out of this world.

More images and a video link after the break.

"Dead But Sentient" by Wallace Chan Wallace Chan himself with his work Wallace Chan's famous cricket brooch
Also, the BBC recently published a short video on Wallace Chan here:

BBC Article – Carving humans into precious stone – Wallace Chan

WRITTEN BY

Jack Meyer

Bespoke jewellery designer, and specialist in jewellery CAD/CAM and emergent technologies that affect jewellery.

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A growing number of designer jewellery brands who are happily stepping into what was once the preserve of the contemporary art jeweller-- innovative choices of material and method. Here are a few of a growing list of premium and luxury brands which create jewellery using both innovative materials and innovative manufacturing processes: