Eternal Devotion Anniversary RingMarch 2022 Platinum, diamond In celebration of a milestone anniversary, a friend and her husband approached me to upgrade her engagement ring. They delved into her Chinese heritage for inspiration, and decided to incorporate one of the most romantic lines in ancient Chinese literature: , (zh z zh shu, y z xi lo) which translates to "hand in hand, we will grow old together." This beautiful sentiment is from the poem "Drumming" () from the Book of Songs

and is being carried forward (Hebrew is a right-to-left language) by his parents into the future

I had a discussion with the designers and merchants at a mom-and-pop jewelry store in Honolulu about how to achieve a look similar to that of an invisible setting without actually using specially-grooved princess-cut stones

to protect the pearls from the rough surfaces of the larger beads

Two friends of mine were planning to get engaged

Eighth night--the light of Courage

the carved shell of a pahu (a traditional drum used in hula and ha‘a)

and that the ring should be a claddagh

I will update the photographs to show it in its proper home

aquamarine

As the object of Zeus' affection

and the seven-branched menorah from the Temple in Jerusalem

One congregant pointed out that the relative opacity during the day makes the carving of the flame look like clouds