Necklace

A phurba dagger crowned with a vajra head, cast in titanium steel. The phurba is a ritual dagger whose three-sided blade stands for cutting through ignorance, attachment and aversion. The vajra above it is the thunderbolt, a symbol of strength and steadiness that no...

The Dog of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Pig of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Rooster of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Monkey of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Goat of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Horse of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Dragon of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Snake of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Tiger of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Ox of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Rabbit of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

The Rat of the Chinese zodiac, carved in cinnabar beneath its seal character. Cinnabar is the fire-red stone of the Chinese tradition, long worn to guard vitality and keep good fortune close. Its colour alone was considered protective, the red that meets whatever the...

A Pixiu (貔貅) coiled around a ring of black obsidian, carved edge to edge. Obsidian is volcanic glass, born of fire and cooled in an instant. Long worn for protection and grounding, it is the stone reached for when the day pulls in too...

Zhong Kui, queller of unsettled spirits, carved in black obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, the edge of a volcano cooled to black. It has long been kept for protection, worn close to steady the attention and quiet the noise of other people's moods. Zhong...

Guan Kong, guardian of loyalty and safe passage, carved in black obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, formed the moment molten rock meets cold air. It has been worn for grounding and protection for as long as people have carried stone, the dark surface said...

A fox curled into black obsidian, tail wrapped to its chin. Obsidian is volcanic glass, born of fire and cooled in an instant. Long worn for protection and grounding, it is the stone reached for when the day pulls in too many directions. The...

Two Pixiu (貔貅), carved circling a peace buckle of black obsidian. Obsidian is volcanic glass, formed the moment molten rock meets cold air. It has been worn for grounding and protection for as long as people have carried stone, the dark surface said to...

A tag of cinnabar, dragon and yin yang on one face, a wealth talisman on the other. The tradition keeps cinnabar for its quiet power, a red worn against the skin for protection, vitality and fortune that stays. The dragon coils around the yin...

A disc of cinnabar, the yin yang raised across its face. Cinnabar has been worn for centuries as a stone of protection and vitality, its deep red kept close to the skin to invite good fortune and hold it. The yin yang is the...