Seminar – Jewellery: Dream, Light, Water Wallace Chan takes you on a journey through the world of jewellery aesthetics
Seminar – Jewellery: Dream, Light, Water
Wallace Chan takes you on a journey through the world of jewellery aesthetics
HKDI has strived to provide professional jewellery design courses, nurturing the growth of talents in the jewellery industry. A world-renowned jewellery creator, Wallace Chan, is invited to deliver a seminar Jewellery: Dream, Light, Water, which takes the public on a journey through the world of jewellery aesthetics, at HKDI on 6 November 2015. The topic illustrates how jewellery can be perceived as an embodiment of love, knowledge and history, an heirloom for the future, and an ally of technology. It also explores jewellery’s potentiality to transcend luxury to become art, and eventually, an everlasting symbol of the true, the good and the beautiful.
Influenced by his uncle, Wallace Chan’s interest in sculpture and carving first appeared when he was 13. At age 16, he became an apprentice in a carving workshop. After 9 months as an apprentice, he left his master and founded his own gemstone workshop. He was 17 at that time. Studying traditional Chinese gemstone carving laid for him a foundation of good craftsmanship and cultural knowledge. In early 80s, he was introduced to Western sculpture and translucent gemstones and was fascinated. In 1987, he invented the “Wallace Cut”, an illusionary carving technique that transcends dimensions. Using reversed thinking, Chan created quintuple reflections with only one image carved. The industry was both surprised and impressed. From late 80s to early 90s, Chan entered the stage of Buddhist art. Apart from making crystal carvings themed with Buddhist philosophy, he spent 2 years on creating the Great Stupa for Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan. A wide range of knowledge from different fields has been applied to make the creation possible, including gemstone setting, metallurgy, optics, chromatology and physics etc., which sowed the seeds for his future creative journey in jewellery art. Titanium is known as the most bio-friendly metal. In order to apply titanium to jewellery art, Chan spent 8 years to study and experiment with the material. At BASELWORLD 2007, he exhibited his high jewellery creations utilizing titanium as their structures. He later unveiled the technical secrets of titanium. In 2012 and 2014, he was invited to the Biennale des Antiquaires as the first and only Asian artist exhibiting at this prestigious event.
Date: 6 November 2015 (Fri)
Time: 7:00 – 8:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre A001, HKDI & IVE (Lee Wai Lee)
Language: Cantonese (English interpretation is not available)
Online Registration: http://goo.gl/forms/qYXt2B2N5U
Enquiries: Ronn Law, HKDI-PEEC Officer（3928 2078 / ronnlaw@vtc.edu.hk）