Yve Chan’s relationship with jade began long before he became a jeweller. Born into a family that runs a jade market, he grew up between workshops, stalls and trading towns, where jade was not simply a material, but part of everyday life. From an early age, he learned to understand jade through the people who shaped its journey — miners, traders, cutters, carvers, merchants and wearers.



Over time, this connection deepened through years of travel between Yunnan, the jade towns of Canton and Hong Kong. Moving across these routes allowed him to witness the jade world as a continuous chain: from rough stone selection and market exchange to cutting, carving, design and final setting. For him, jade is never only a finished object, but the result of accumulated knowledge, labour, judgment and trust.


As a Hong Kong-based jeweller, gemologist and craftsman, Yve founded Dawn Jewellery as a platform to bring jade and fine jewellery into a more contemporary, international conversation. He later established Sunsmith, a workshop dedicated to nurturing Hong Kong’s metalworking artisans and passing on handcraft skills. Together, these initiatives connect artisans and skills from different parts of the world, and The Jade Six grows out of this work as a focused, supply‑chain‑driven jade project that traces each piece from source to setting.

This perspective forms the foundation of The Jade Six. As a brand, it gathers Yve Chan’s experience across jade markets, workshops and studios into a more transparent and thoughtful approach to jade — one that honours both the material itself and the human chain behind it.