* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Brass Lion Entertainment unveils co-op action RPG Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver – VentureBeat

    Unleash Your Inner Warrior: Discover the Co-Op Action RPG Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver!

    Entertainment lineup released for 2025 Mississippi State Fair – WAPT

    Exciting Entertainment Lineup Unveiled for the 2025 Mississippi State Fair!

    After Denzel Washington Said He Would Be In Black Panther 3, Ryan Coogler Explained Why He’s ‘Fine’ With That Information Being Revealed So Early – Yahoo

    Ryan Coogler Shares Why He’s Cool with Denzel Washington’s Black Panther 3 Reveal!

    Traveling Tacos and Tequila Festival to stop at Florence Yall’s stadium this October – Cincinnati Enquirer

    Get Ready for a Flavor Fiesta: Traveling Tacos and Tequila Festival Hits Florence Y’all’s Stadium This October!

    9 things to do this weekend in Lake County plus a look ahead – Leesburg Daily Commercial

    Discover 9 Exciting Weekend Adventures in Lake County and What’s Coming Up!

    Shows to Watch – The Advocate

    Must-See Shows You Can’t Miss!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Apple Watch and the future of wearable technology in healthcare – MSN

    Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Future of Wearable Technology with Apple Watch

    ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Receives NSF Grant to Develop Quantum Technology – Syracuse University News

    Unlocking the Future: ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Secures NSF Grant for Groundbreaking Quantum Technology Development

    Fire Tech Brief: 5 Fire Apparatus Technology Upgrades – firehouse.com

    Revving Up Safety: 5 Innovative Upgrades for Fire Apparatus Technology

    U.S. FDA Grants Platform Technology Designation to the Viral Vector Used in SRP-9003, Sarepta’s Investigational Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2E/R4 – Sarepta Therapeutics

    Breakthrough for Gene Therapy: FDA Designates Viral Vector in Sarepta’s SRP-9003 for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

    Waunakee Fifth-Graders Dive into the Future at Exciting Tech Day!

    Property Technology Magazine Unveils “PropTech Top 50 Index” and the “2025 PropTech Trends Report – The Great Rebuild.” – Business Wire

    Property Technology Magazine Unveils “PropTech Top 50 Index” and the “2025 PropTech Trends Report – The Great Rebuild.” – Business Wire

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Brass Lion Entertainment unveils co-op action RPG Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver – VentureBeat

    Unleash Your Inner Warrior: Discover the Co-Op Action RPG Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver!

    Entertainment lineup released for 2025 Mississippi State Fair – WAPT

    Exciting Entertainment Lineup Unveiled for the 2025 Mississippi State Fair!

    After Denzel Washington Said He Would Be In Black Panther 3, Ryan Coogler Explained Why He’s ‘Fine’ With That Information Being Revealed So Early – Yahoo

    Ryan Coogler Shares Why He’s Cool with Denzel Washington’s Black Panther 3 Reveal!

    Traveling Tacos and Tequila Festival to stop at Florence Yall’s stadium this October – Cincinnati Enquirer

    Get Ready for a Flavor Fiesta: Traveling Tacos and Tequila Festival Hits Florence Y’all’s Stadium This October!

    9 things to do this weekend in Lake County plus a look ahead – Leesburg Daily Commercial

    Discover 9 Exciting Weekend Adventures in Lake County and What’s Coming Up!

    Shows to Watch – The Advocate

    Must-See Shows You Can’t Miss!

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Apple Watch and the future of wearable technology in healthcare – MSN

    Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Future of Wearable Technology with Apple Watch

    ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Receives NSF Grant to Develop Quantum Technology – Syracuse University News

    Unlocking the Future: ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Secures NSF Grant for Groundbreaking Quantum Technology Development

    Fire Tech Brief: 5 Fire Apparatus Technology Upgrades – firehouse.com

    Revving Up Safety: 5 Innovative Upgrades for Fire Apparatus Technology

    U.S. FDA Grants Platform Technology Designation to the Viral Vector Used in SRP-9003, Sarepta’s Investigational Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 2E/R4 – Sarepta Therapeutics

    Breakthrough for Gene Therapy: FDA Designates Viral Vector in Sarepta’s SRP-9003 for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Treatment

    Waunakee Fifth-Graders Dive into the Future at Exciting Tech Day!

    Property Technology Magazine Unveils “PropTech Top 50 Index” and the “2025 PropTech Trends Report – The Great Rebuild.” – Business Wire

    Property Technology Magazine Unveils “PropTech Top 50 Index” and the “2025 PropTech Trends Report – The Great Rebuild.” – Business Wire

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Entertainment

As hard luxury booms, Chinese jewelry designers push their global presence

July 28, 2023
in Entertainment
As hard luxury booms, Chinese jewelry designers push their global presence
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Hard luxury items such as watches, jewelry and expensive handbags are having a renaissance this year, according to reports like Bain & Co x Altagamma’s. With luxury entering a “literally me era,” according to Federica Levato of Bain & Co., how can fine jewelry brands make the most of this opportunity?

Around 30 percent of the world’s fine jewelry is produced in and around Panyu in Guangdong, where 16,000 jewelry manufacturers and trading companies are located, says Aso Leon, a Chinese jewelry artist based in the district. Almost all those producers make private label jewelry that has been designed by brands in Europe and America for distribution in those markets. Very little of it is designed in China, with Hong Kong’s Qeelin being one of the few fine jewelry brands known overseas.

When it comes to artistic creators, there are rare exceptions like Hong Kong’s Wallace Chan and Michelle Ong of Carnet who’ve achieved international status exhibiting in galleries and auction houses around the world. Shanghai-based Feng J, the mainland’s exciting new artistic jeweler, was well received when she made her European debut at the Paris Biennale (fine art fair) in November last year and her work is finding its way into museum and private collections like that of Wallace Chan, Cindy Chao and Anna Hu before her. 

“It is important to receive encouragement that my art style and creations are accepted so genuinely in the jewelry arena, especially for someone of my age and from mainland China,” she said at the time.

Hong Kong has fared better with its luxury jewelry creators, such as award-winning Karen Suen, who was first seen at Baselworld, the now defunct watch and jewelry fair, and has since grown an international business for her glamorous designs by exhibiting at Couture in Las Vegas, Haute Jewels Geneva and the consumer fair Doha Jewelry and Watches Exhibition, where her Paraiba tourmalines and conch pearl jewelry are highlights.

Western media quickly picked up on the talented independent designer Nicholas Lieou of Mr Lieou in Hong Kong when he showed at the GemGenéve, a business-to-business jewelry fair, in 2019. He’s since collaborated with Sotheby’s Diamonds and is currently spearheading a special project for Chow Tai Fook. 

Going global

Now, we are seeing a new wave of creatives spreading their wings and looking beyond the domestic market that has served them well through the past three years. Austy Lee, Wallis Hong, Aso Leon and A.Win Siu were all invited to show at GemGenève in May this year, where they attracted lots of attention.

Many in the media are familiar with Austy Lee’s vibrant, lushly detailed one-of-a-kind designs from his Instagram feed, but this was the first time he had exhibited outside Hong Kong where he has a loyal fan base.

Austy Lee exhibited his work at Gem Genève, a prestigious jewelry and gemstone trade show held in Geneva. Photo: Austy Lee

London-based designer brand Annoushka sells some of his pieces in Harrods, Liberty and Harvey Nichols and is his sole distributor in Europe. 

“Finally, they could see the jewelry in person and really appreciate the artistry, color combinations, materials and the storytelling of each unique piece,” says Lee, who founded his business in 2017. “We also met potential clients for future business opportunities and are already designing new pieces for them.”

Hong first presented his voluminous titanium art jewels at the same exhibition last November, resulting in six bespoke commissions over the winter.  

“At that show, many came to tell me that they had been expecting to see something new for years and were always disappointed, and so they were glad to discover me and my design language,” he says. 

Wallis Hong’s “Eternal Butterfly I” brooch (right) was inspired by his childhood memories of chasing butterflies. Photo: Wallis Hong

The Guangzhou-born creator lives in Madrid, and as a result of showing in Geneva last autumn was invited to speak at a conference at Vicenza Oro (Italy’s big goldsmiths’ fair) — the first Asian creator to speak there in the fair’s 70-year history. One of his gem-set sculptural brooches is now part of the permanent collection at the new Shenzhen Jewelry Museum. 

Presenting at Gem Genève, he says, was not only about finding new clients, although one private collector was introduced to him by the fair organizer and arrived with a large emerald and a request for him to create something new and with his identity. “I wanted to show my creativity, to open doors,” he says of exhibiting. Whereas, “to target clients, I would host private events like dinners or art fairs.”

Interestingly, the exposure in Geneva has gained the attention of Chinese diamond and jewelry brands. 

“Traditional Chinese jewelry companies share the same problem, that is, no design,” he says. “They don’t understand the younger market, nor the European aesthetic, and they are looking to me to open up a new styling proposition for them.”

“Traditional Chinese jewelry companies share the same problem, that is, no design. They don’t understand the younger market, nor the European aesthetic, and they are looking to me to open up a new styling proposition for them.”

Nurturing talent 

Leon has a traditional jewelry production background in Panyu, but as a master in the skills of molding titanium has privately been expressing his personal artistry in unique beautifully crafted gem set titanium brooches. It’s a skill he has been sharing with artist students back home and is hopeful that among the many ateliers and companies in Panyu that some young designers will emerge on the international stage from that.

Geneva was Leon’s first trip to Europe, and he was surprised at how familiar the European market is with titanium jewelry. 

Aso Leon is known as the “Prince of Titanium” in China’s jewelry industry. Photo: Aso Leon

“Being here didn’t feel any different at first, until friends and collaborators (back home) started sending me interviews and posts of my work that they had seen (in the media),” he says. “Being in the press is a new experience for me, and I am still observing and experiencing this.” 

The interest shown in Leon’s jewelry is encouraging him to look at other opportunities to exhibit in Europe, maybe again in Switzerland, or in Italy or France.

While the Chinese jewelry creators are attracting a lot of attention for the flair, boldness, and imagination of their work, Lee makes a pertinent point. 

He doesn’t think Asian designers should be characterized as a separate group. “It is about new generation designers now, and it is global,” he says. “Because of the internet, we all have access to the same information, and like the global fashion and entertainment industries, we like to mix it up. So, I don’t want people to concentrate on an Asian face doing something like this — for me it’s grouped around young people, internationally.”

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : JingDaily – https://jingdaily.com/chinese-jewelry-creators-gemgeneve-wallis-hong-austy-lee/

Tags: boomsentertainmentluxury
Previous Post

My Best Buy Plus/Total Members Can Save Up to 30% On Select LEGO Sets at Best Buy

Next Post

China’s ‘spicy milk style’ slammed by state media as children’s soft porn

Groundbreaking study maps the movements of marine megafauna – EurekAlert!

Revolutionary Research Unveils the Migrations of Marine Megafauna

June 7, 2025
The science behind having perfect lake days – wtol.com

Unlocking the Secrets to Your Perfect Lake Day!

June 7, 2025
For both artists and scientists, slow looking allows surprising connections to surface – The Conversation

Unlocking Creativity: How Slow Looking Sparks Unexpected Connections for Artists and Scientists

June 7, 2025
Less colorful, more meaningful: Sean O’Malley thinks lifestyle changes key to reclaim UFC gold – MMA Junkie

Sean O’Malley: Embracing Lifestyle Changes to Reclaim UFC Gold

June 7, 2025
World Cup qualifying: Haaland leads Norway to its first win vs. Italy in 25 years – FOX Sports

Historic Victory: Haaland Guides Norway to First Win Over Italy in 25 Years!

June 7, 2025
City of Albertville Breaks Ground on Alleyway Entertainment Venue – WHNT.com

Albertville Unveils Exciting New Alleyway Entertainment Venue!

June 7, 2025
Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid – The White House (.gov)

Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid – The White House (.gov)

June 7, 2025
After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’ – CNBC

After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’ – CNBC

June 7, 2025
Apple Watch and the future of wearable technology in healthcare – MSN

Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Future of Wearable Technology with Apple Watch

June 7, 2025
Letters to Sports: Dodgers must figure out their injured pitcher problem – Los Angeles Times

Dodgers Face a Pitching Dilemma: How to Tackle Their Injury Woes

June 7, 2025

Categories

Archives

June 2025
MTWTFSS
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30 
« May    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (675)
  • Economy (688)
  • Entertainment (21,594)
  • General (15,269)
  • Health (9,730)
  • Lifestyle (692)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (689)
  • Politics (696)
  • Science (15,907)
  • Sports (21,192)
  • Technology (15,674)
  • World (674)

Recent News

Groundbreaking study maps the movements of marine megafauna – EurekAlert!

Revolutionary Research Unveils the Migrations of Marine Megafauna

June 7, 2025
The science behind having perfect lake days – wtol.com

Unlocking the Secrets to Your Perfect Lake Day!

June 7, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version