Due to the special nature of these jewels, they are only available for purchase one per person. 

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This necklace is Ready To Ship and will leave the studio in 3 - 5 business days. 

Please note : This ring is a size 6. As this is a one of a kind ring and the gemstone is irreplaceable, we are unable to resize it.

Pulled from the Vault, one of my earliest designs returns: a life cast crow claw cradles a clear quartz sphere.

Based on the image of the 'Ball and Claw' used throughout Victorian era furniture design, this is a reimagined take on our beloved 'The Messenger' necklace. The design's roots historically come from ancient China: in myth, the Emperor's Dragon guarded a pearl or a crystal ball that was considered to be a symbol of wisdom and purity. I've always had a fascination with crows. Born near the sea, I often enjoyed the presence of these birds; their dark, inky coloring, their ominous cawing heralding messages from the unseen, their seemingly otherworldliness; all of it was threaded through my childhood and early life. They are personal symbols of protection and comfort for me, and the highly tactile nature of both the textured claw and the smooth sphere help to ground me when I hold it in my palm or run my fingers over it. 

The Crow, akin to the Vulture, are opportunistic in their eating habits as they'll even eat from the dead. Partly because of this, they have been linked to the Underworld as liminal, supernatural creatures, co-existing between the realm of the natural, living world, and the realms of the unseen and of the dead; ferrying messages to and fro these earthly and spiritual planes. Considered tricksters in some cultures, they have also been proven to have a strong sense of memory, their remembrances extending as far as individual human faces that have wronged them as well as to those who have fed them, as they are known to leave gifts to their caretakers. This gift giving proves that we can be in relation to wild creatures without bringing them inside our homes.

Associated with folklore as prophets with the ability to foresee the future, their presence and caws were known to be used in auguries / divination rituals. Lastly, within Alchemy, the image of the Crow is symbolized as the first stage of the transformative process  'Nigredo'. This stage involved the blackening or cooking of the alchemical ingredients to begin the pathway to the final stage, attaining the Philosopher's Stone. Within Carl Jung's interpretation of Alchemy as "Inner Alchemy", this first stage causes the individual to confront their Shadow Self, the start of a journey of wholeness by bringing the unconscious into the awareness of the conscious self. 

*Details* :

- 45 mm from top to bottom

- 31 mm wide

- Solid Sterling Silver  

- Hand oxidized to achieve our favorite shade of stormy gray and then highlighted to reveal the bright luminous silver beneath

- Set with one 17 mm Quartz Sphere

Clear Quartz: 

Despite its ubiquitous accessibility within the crystal kingdom, clear quartz remains one of the most potent crystals one can own, considered to be the 'Master Healer' as it can be used to assist you with any issue. Thought to be a 'memory/record keeper' that enables recall of lost memories, it also helps amplifies spiritual pursuits and increases psychic awareness. The spherical shape, akin to the traditional 'crystal ball,'  has long been a symbol of divination and magic.

This jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. This has not been fabricated by a machine, it has been made by hand and therefore isn't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone. 

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