Garnet HamsaNovember 2011 Sterling silver, garnet A customer had seen some of the hamsot I'd made, and commissioned this for his daughter. He chose a beautiful dark garnet for the center of the hamsa, which was cut out of flat sheet.

14 karat white gold

" Given the tolerances that channel setting demands

A friend came to me because he and his cousin wanted to make a pendant with their family's mon (family crest) for his aunt

December 2024

Etruscan and Egyptian jewelry) give the piece a richness that evokes a bygone era

I also had leftover silver from that project

The groom comes by the former due to his rank in the Masonic Order

The plants pictured all have symbolic ties to matrimony and togetherness in the Kabbalistic and Druidic traditions

The couple had chosen verses from Psalm 92 that they felt summed up their situation and that they wanted to incorporate into the piece: צדיק כתמר יפרח

The result is a marker coin that not only represents the owner and his Masonic principles

Sixth night--the light of Love

He chose a beautiful dark garnet for the center of the hamsa