Wallace Chan with one of his jewellery pieces. Four decades ago he had an encounter with a book about the work of Michelangelo that changed his life. Photo: Isaac Lawrence
How Michaelangelo opened a famous jewellery designer’s eyes to a new world with his dramatic carvings full of tension, power and movement
- Creator of arguably the world’s most expensive necklace, Wallace Chan had a ‘mind-boggling’ experience when he discovered Michaelangelo’s works in a book
- A gemstone carver for some years already, he set out to learn about Western carvings and sculptures, visiting cemeteries to study statues of angels and saints
Wallace Chan with one of his jewellery pieces. Four decades ago he had an encounter with a book about the work of Michelangelo that changed his life. Photo: Isaac Lawrence
