Knowledge Base
Storing Jewelry
The jewelry box is a lie, at least the kind where everything jumbles into one tray. Most of the damage we hear about happened in storage, not on the wrist....
Storing Jewelry
The jewelry box is a lie, at least the kind where everything jumbles into one tray. Most of the damage we hear about happened in storage, not on the wrist....
Statement Pieces
Most jewelry hopes to be noticed. A statement piece assumes it will be, and the good ones earn that assumption with one of three things: scale, contrast, or a focal...
Statement Pieces
Most jewelry hopes to be noticed. A statement piece assumes it will be, and the good ones earn that assumption with one of three things: scale, contrast, or a focal...
Seven Treasures of Tibetan Buddhism
In Buddhist scripture, the offerings of a wheel-turning king include a set of precious substances: the Seven Treasures (藏传佛教七宝, zang chuan fo jiao qi bao). The list is not fixed:...
Seven Treasures of Tibetan Buddhism
In Buddhist scripture, the offerings of a wheel-turning king include a set of precious substances: the Seven Treasures (藏传佛教七宝, zang chuan fo jiao qi bao). The list is not fixed:...
Sensitive Skin & Metals
Jewelry meets skin for hours at a time, so here's the honest tour of the metals in our pieces, what they can do to sensitive skin, and when to take...
Sensitive Skin & Metals
Jewelry meets skin for hours at a time, so here's the honest tour of the metals in our pieces, what they can do to sensitive skin, and when to take...
Sandalwood
Close your eyes and name a sacred scent, and sandalwood is likely what arrives. It is one of the oldest offerings in human worship: the Sanskrit chandana (旃檀, zhan tan),...
Sandalwood
Close your eyes and name a sacred scent, and sandalwood is likely what arrives. It is one of the oldest offerings in human worship: the Sanskrit chandana (旃檀, zhan tan),...
Pendant Imagery
The figures and symbols most often carved, cast, or etched into the pendants and charms we sell (Tibetan and Chinese, weighted toward the Tibetan side of the shelf). Meanings are...
Pendant Imagery
The figures and symbols most often carved, cast, or etched into the pendants and charms we sell (Tibetan and Chinese, weighted toward the Tibetan side of the shelf). Meanings are...