Please note: This necklace is Ready to Ship and will leave the studio in 3 - 5 business days. The chain is 16 inches in length. If you would like a different chain length you must email us with your desired length immediately after placing your order. 

If you purchase this item with any other jewel, please be aware that our jewelry is handmade to order and takes approximately 6-8 weeks to create before shipping, meaning your Ready to Ship jewel will ship with the rest of your order. This cuts down on multiple shipping costs for you, and unnecessary waste for the environment.  

The image of the flaming heart is rooted in the sacred hearts of the Roman Catholic Church. In the late 1600’s, a French nun, Margaret Mary Alacoque, had a vision of Jesus with an exposed heart that emanated light and was also clearly wounded. This led to the disembodied hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph being worshipped, each with their own distinct symbolic visual elements, but all aflame. This symbol would spread to Mexican folk art where it’s regarded as el corazón sagrado or, the sacred heart. 

The sacred heart represents love, faith, compassion, hope, beauty, and also, pain. This acknowledgement of pain has always interested me, & I have loved this symbol since a child who had an incredibly Catholic grandmother. However, it took on more resonance for me when it was used throughout Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version of Romeo + Juliet, making it synonymous for me as a high schooler, with passion and romance, however ill fated. A commingling of the sacred and the profane, of love that conquers death. ( see also: 1994’s The Crow  ). The conjoining of this beloved image with romance became a turning point for me in my spiritual/aesthetic interests: the macabre married to beauty.

Much like the Phoenix that sets itself on fire only to be reborn from the ashes of its own feathers and bones, we set ourselves aflame with passion as much as heartbreak. We each have secret chambers in our heart that we consider “feel to much” and perhaps we endeavor to smother the flames of our feels, our intensity. This heart is a talisman for staying alive, for keeping with the trouble, for feeling it all,  for not allowing the world to incinerate who you are. 

This power of fire  holds beauty; light, warmth, protection, a contrast against dark nights and dark moods. Yet it also has the potential to destroy when not cared for properly or through the fierceness of Mother Nature. Imposed on the image of a heart, fire heightens all of the symbols of it: love, creativity, passion, empathy, while also a reminder of heartbreak. 

Here, a dimensional and double sided pendant in the form of the classic symbol of the heart is enveloped in flames, reminiscent of the image of the sacred heart while also more deeply embedded in fire, a radiant heart that mimics the sun, our greatest star. 

This is for my fellow sensitive people who continually cremate their hearts in empathy. 

This is for the artists who seek inspiration and creative energy during the “drier” days. 

This is for the broken hearted and the grieving: bringing with it the promise of renewal. 

This is for the most passionate amongst us as a reminder not to burn too bright. 

“ A heart is a heavy burden” Sophie to Howl when he feels terrible from having his heart returned to him. 

“Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.”  Song of Songs 8:6

“Fix your hearts or Die” David Lynch as Gordon Cole in Twin Peaks The Return. This was said to trans agent Denise Bryson in support of her. 

*Details* :

- 30 mm in width 

- 28 mm tall 

- Solid Sterling Silver and hand oxidized to achieve a stormy gray. Slightly polished reveal the luminous silver tones beneath.

- Photo three is shown with our signature bar link chain and photo six shows it on our new Rosary style chain

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