Our world sits at the crossroads of the stars, a cosmic map of the skies scribing lines and paths upon the earth below. With this cuff, Wings honors that greatest of stars in our solar system, the sun, tracing a band that falls from a jewel of a cross indigenous to this land, formed and shaped by Mother Earth and her elemental sibling spirits. The band, wrought of solid nine-gauge sterling silver, is stamped freehand in a repeating motif of a triangular radiant sun emergent from behind the clouds; Wings has created mirror images paired at their open bases to form spectacularly illuminating Eyes of Spirit, then chased the twinned motif all the way down the band’s outer surface. In between each set of angles, the band is bordered with lodge symbols stamped deeply along each edge. The inner band is chased with more spare and slender Eyes of Spirit formed of paired long and short points, and the ends are gently shaped and filed smooth. At the very center, set into a bezel elevated minutely above the band and edged in twisted silver, sits a a natural earthy crossroads: a perfect natural staurolite drawn from the very soil of this region, a three-dimensional, non-cruciform cross created over time on a geologic scale by heat and pressure, infused with metallic flecks of local mica and — invisible on the surface, but plain on the saw-cut underside seated in the bezel — shimmering inclusions of garnet chips that glow like red glass. Band is 6″ long by just over 3/8″ across; the bezel is 1-1/16″ long by 7/8″ wide; the staurolite gem is 7/8″ long by 7/8″ wide and rises 3/8″ high from base seated in bezel to its highest point (all dimensions approximate). Other views shown below, including a pairing with a beautifully coordinating naja pendant, Meeting On the Bridge of Stars.
Sterling silver; staurolite
$1,375 + shipping, handling, and insurance
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