Knowledge Base
Amulets & Protection
Every culture in this catalog's story (Tibetan, Chinese, Himalayan) has a tradition of objects carried against harm. This page gathers those traditions in one place: what people have believed these...
Amulets & Protection
Every culture in this catalog's story (Tibetan, Chinese, Himalayan) has a tradition of objects carried against harm. This page gathers those traditions in one place: what people have believed these...
Amber
Holding a piece of amber (琥珀, hu po) is like holding time itself. Resin that flowed from ancient trees tens of millions of years ago, transformed by pressure and heat...
Amber
Holding a piece of amber (琥珀, hu po) is like holding time itself. Resin that flowed from ancient trees tens of millions of years ago, transformed by pressure and heat...
Agar Wood
Some woods are valued for grain. Agar wood (沉香, chen xiang) is valued for what the tree suffered. It is the dark, resin-saturated heartwood of Aquilaria trees, formed only where...
Agar Wood
Some woods are valued for grain. Agar wood (沉香, chen xiang) is valued for what the tree suffered. It is the dark, resin-saturated heartwood of Aquilaria trees, formed only where...
Our Materials Sourcing
Animal-Derived Materials Yak bone and horn: byproducts of the domesticated yak's food economy on the Tibetan plateau. The animals are raised for milk, butter, meat, wool, and labor, never for...
Our Materials Sourcing
Animal-Derived Materials Yak bone and horn: byproducts of the domesticated yak's food economy on the Tibetan plateau. The animals are raised for milk, butter, meat, wool, and labor, never for...
Claims We Don't Make
We sell gems, beads, malas, and bracelets that carry centuries of meaning. We think that meaning is enough. So this page is our promise about what we won't claim, because...
Claims We Don't Make
We sell gems, beads, malas, and bracelets that carry centuries of meaning. We think that meaning is enough. So this page is our promise about what we won't claim, because...
About Us
Welcome to Elephant Oak Atelier! We are a small operation located in Luoyang, Henan, China. We specialize in sourcing various precious and semi-precious gems & stones, woods, bone, shell, and...
About Us
Welcome to Elephant Oak Atelier! We are a small operation located in Luoyang, Henan, China. We specialize in sourcing various precious and semi-precious gems & stones, woods, bone, shell, and...