The Water Bird joins with our prayers in a transformative essence rising on the smoke of ceremony. With this new spiral ring, Wings summons these spirits of transfiguration to reenact these ancient steps in spare and beautiful form. First is the coiling spiral of the band, Water Serpent scaled with the image of the Spirit Bird who shares part of his name. His body is formed of heavy sterling silver half-round wire wrapped double on the bottom, single at the center of the top, with each end terminating in a fantastic cabochon of faceted rainbow moonstone, a pair of night orbs that refract cobalt blue in the light. The paired Water Birds stamped freehand down the entire coil’s convex surface are joined on its inner flat surface by two more motifs of metamorphosis and medicine: on one end, flowing-water symbols repeated down half its length; on the other, those transmogrifying messenger spirits we call Butterfly. Ring as currently shown is a size 13. The individual strand that forms the band is 3/16 across; doubled in parallel, the paired strands jointly measure 1/2″ across; the faceted rainbow moonstone cabochons are 7/16″ across (all dimensions approximate). Sizeable. Other views shown below.
Sterling silver; rainbow moonstone
$775 + shipping, handling, and insurance
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