Sotheby’s describes Mr. Walling as “undoubtedly one of the most exciting jewelry designers on the scene today.” Christopher's designs have significantly influenced modern jewelry, especially in the use of rare baroque pearls and his palette of solid colors. His work has been featured in fifteen books about jewels, in PBS documentaries and Nova programs, and has been exhibited in museums across America and in private art foundations in Istanbul – and then some!

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His creations have adorned such notables in society and the arts as Maya Angelou, the late Lily Auchincloss, Linda Gray, Brook Hayward, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Queen Noor of Jordan, the late and great Parisian hostess Sao Schlumberger, Danielle Steele, Renee Taylor, Kathleen Turner and the late Elizabeth Taylor.

 

A spectacular 187 carat iridescent-green abalone pearl named after him was exhibited in the same gallery as the Hope Diamond.