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Now seems like a good time, I& #39;ve been meaning to do this thread for ages. Wallace Chan, another Asian jeweler to the ultra rich. He builds mostly for the Asian market. #JewelWatch
This is a ring. Check the triangular-cut diamonds and the two prong (?!!?) setting.
This is a ring. Check the triangular-cut diamonds and the two prong (?!!?) setting.
Sort of a scallop setting on the pointy end (where there& #39;s a pocket for the gem) and a bar/pin on the other.
The pink stuff is a ceramic he invented himself.
The pink stuff is a ceramic he invented himself.
I believe it& #39;s patented, and he won& #39;t let anyone else use it.
At first I thought that was pretty high-handed, then I started thinking of ways to weaponize it, and jewelry sounds pretty good.
At first I thought that was pretty high-handed, then I started thinking of ways to weaponize it, and jewelry sounds pretty good.
He also clearly has access to major gemstones and likes to use them willy-nilly. (Bracelet.) If it& #39;s metallic, I don& #39;t know if it& #39;s metal or ceramic most of the time, just saying.
I think this is a brooch, check out the diamonds in the ceramic beads.
He& #39;s obviously known for opulence, and while some of his stuff is a lot too much for the western market, you have to agree: this is a lot more interesting than Cartier& #39;s doorknob version.
(Cartier& #39;s version.)
No word on what the green stones are, but that looks like an elongated bead cut.
He& #39;s like the JAR of the east; his style is far more opulent, but just as meticulous and distinctive.
Reading the notes I think this is mostly tourmalines and types of beryl (aquamarine, morganite, and emerald). God knows what all& #39;s in the setting but that sure looks like Lapis.
The "Bridge of Waves" ring. I& #39;m looking for unconventional diamond style and am not seeing much, if at all. Just LOTS of it.
Also earrings, I believe with jade in the middle. Depending on the size of that arc, it& #39;s possible he got an antique small children& #39;s jade bangle and cut it in half.
Either a bracelet or necklace out of a bunch of dragons and pearls. Amazing work. Even porcelain has to be shaped and that would be a meticulous job no matter what it& #39;s made of.
Definitely a necklace, he made twelve of them as a collection, no word on how similar they are.
Closeup of settings to boggle over. The one in the middle is breaking my brain and I want it on a purple ribbon.
The necklace two of those settings are from, including the one I want:
My bad, that image of three settings, the first one is the bottom part of the third, closer up, and upside down. So it& #39;s really only two settings, the ones in the blurry-damn-you-Twitter necklace.
Another necklace. This one I& #39;d wear, with one of the Space Senator outfits.
Brooch. White bits are mother of pearl, I think?
Or porcelain, who knows.
Or porcelain, who knows.
Oooooh.
The "Secret Abyss" necklace, guy is BONKERS and I respect that.
"Now and Always" with a very trippy intaglio carved into an aquamarine, looks like.
I need a billion dollars and a Lear jet. I want to go jewelry shopping.
