As children, Humberto and Rica Leon used to suck on jade jewelry during periods of great concentration — or, sometimes, just for fun. As adults, they engage in a similar activity but for different ...
For Humberto Leon, co-founder of Opening Ceremony, creative projects always turn into a family affair. Even before opening up Chifa, the Peruvian-Chinese restaurant that he and his family own in Los ...
The resort island of Bermuda is not the first place that comes to mind when you think of jade, the stone long associated with East Asia. Yet that’s where Crystal Ung was when she first came up with ...
It would be hard to think of a mineral more intertwined with Chinese jewellery as jade. The earliest history of the iconic green-tinted gemstone dates back 12,000 years, and it has been an essential ...
For Allan Spehar, making jewelry is as much an athletic event as it is a creative endeavor. Three years ago, Spehar started making regular dives in Big Sur’s Jade Cove in search of the cove’s namesake ...
Jade jewelry is a traditional industry in Yunnan and has a history of more than 600 years. Jadeite has been used and spread all across the world since being discovered by Yunnan people. Therefore, ...