About
Burmese Jade and 18K gold by Wallace Chan
“Art Jewelry” intends to contribute to the world of high fashion by promoting jewelry as fine art and beyond. For too long, precious stones have simply been traditionally set to wearable jewelry mostly with gold adorned with diamonds. Foundational jewelry artists like Hong Kong’s Wallace Chan and Taiwan’s Cindy Chao and Anna Hu have received international recognition as significant artists of our time. The recent 2024 tribute by the Shanghai Museum mounting the many months solo exhibit, “Wallace Chan, Half a Century”, is the most recent monumental testament to jewelry as fine art. “Art Jewelry” was born because in contrast to traditional art where more mundane materials are used in its creation, this art form is brought to life by using extremely valuable and rare materials. This evolution of jewelry as art was also made possible by the transformational use of all kinds of colored gemstones as well as new precious materials like titanium, ceramics, crystals and others. These new elements allow artists to make jewelry that explodes with color and shape. For the future, art jewelry may become indispensable in pursuit of high fashion.