Hex Maille Sefirot PendantDecember 2011 Sterling silver Sometimes getting your wires crossed results in unexpected designs. I was thinking about how the ten Sefirot, or the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, make an amulet of protection. That got me to thinking about armor and different types of chainmail and plate mail, including a Japanese type of mail called kikk that uses hexagon shaped plates. Which in turn brought me back to the traditional order of the Sefirot, which is offset

It is pictured here with high sunspot activity and a shimmering representation of the low corona

Hong Kong has also been called Dragon City

Making a cultural object that didn’t need a lot of adornment suggested some sort of mea kaua

14k yellow gold & glass enamel

Comes on a sterling silver chain

they've always been something I wanted to turn into jewelry

a teardrop-shaped traditional Chinese lute

and between that and the heft of the twisted wires shank this bracelet manages to be bold and subtle at the same time

as seen from the back of the piece

The second iteration looks like a Star of David

She wrote back fairly quickly

we recessed the braid and pre-polished the outer rails to provide contrast and longevity for the design