Wallace Chan broke a porcelain spoon when he was five years old. The mess was temporary—the tiny shards were swept up; the subsequent reprimands came and went—but the moment stayed with him. “Our ...
When you combine the traditions of Europe’s oldest and best-known porcelain manufacturer with modern Italian design you get the brand Meissen Italia, the Milan-based branch of the 300-year-old German ...
Marla Aaron, a New York jeweler, arranged a collaboration with the German manufacturer Nymphenburg. By Tanya Dukes When Marla Aaron founded her namesake jewelry brand in 2012, the first piece she ...
Wallace Chan is drinking pu'erh tea in his Hong Kong office surrounded by his large titanium sculptures and some of his jewelry creations. He is talking about jewelry, art, science, technology and his ...
Editor’s Note: In Pursuit of Rare is a new series telling the stories of the master makers who deal in the most precious things on earth. Hong Kong CNN — Every day Wallace Chan “communicates” with the ...
A ring decorated with a porcelain bead is on display at a factory of Cihai ceramic company in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi province on Nov 12. As the first maker of porcelain jewelry in Jingdezhen ...
When we think of industrial waste, we usually imagine chemicals pouring out of factories or mountains of unused clothing from fast fashion brands. Traditional craftspeople, however, often get a pass ...
Piles of porcelain shards line the wall of Wu Mei's workshop. Covered in dirt and stacked in plastic boxes, they could easily be mistaken for trash. But through a process of selecting, pairing and ...
Wallace Chan broke a porcelain spoon when he was five years old. The mess was temporary—the tiny shards were swept up; the subsequent reprimands came and went—but the moment stayed with him. “Our ...