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After reading, “The Jeweler Wallace Chan: “The Stone Is Me,” I believe that the making of jewelry isn’t easy, and it requires a lot of time and dedication. In this article they talked about Wallace Chan and his path to how he ended up doing what he loves most, making jewelry. But not just any jewelry. Each of his pieces mean something to him, he makes it with all of his love, and all of his pieces are technically his children. Wallace Chan started out working with his family making plastic flowers for a 10 cents a bag. But his interest in these precious stones were awakened at the age of 16 when he had his first job at a workshop that carved Chinese religious icons. Then at 17 he received this carving machine, and began selling small

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