Wallace Chan: Art in Titanium
One of the most interesting collections launched at the Baselworld show this year is the extravagant one-of-a-kind jewelry of Wallace Chan of Hong Kong. Chan has long been a gem engraver and his portraits carved inside gemstones are as distinctive as they are original. His new collection of jewelry uses cast and carved titanium to reproduce the natural world. Chan has managed to create large and amazingly light pieces in this difficult metal, depicting insects, fish, and other creatures in bejewelled earrings, brooches, rings, and art pieces of breathtaking scale and detail. The whole collection will officially launch at the September show in Hong Kong.
very creative yet simple at the same time and the deticay of the stone wing are extroughly finrrty
I saw some in jewelry exhibition last Sep in HK. Once I touched a frog ring designed by Mr. Chan, it’s so light and elegant. I am very impressed of his design.
I am thrilled to catch up with Wallace and his incredible art! I was lucky enough to have purchased two of his carvings in Hong Kong when he was a young man doing work for Jimmy Lo of Lo and Rador on Nathan Road.