Mars PendantNovember 2008 Sterling silver Planetary symbol: Astrological signs: (Aries) and traditionally (Scorpio) Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and currently has more human technology on it and orbiting it than any other planet besides the Earth. Because of its proximity and composition it is NASA's projected target for human colonization after the Moon, appropriate given the centuries of human speculation about Martian life and exploration. It is the

In Greek mythology

optical glass

The second iteration looks like a Star of David

and that the ring should be a claddagh

March 2022

Since the keshi pearls fit better with my own maker aesthetic

twisting and breaking the prongs

the verse is associated with Psalms 149:9

I'll be sure to use the technique in future pieces

is unusual in that it is the only planet in the Solar System that rotates on an axis that is nearly on the same plane as its orbit of the Sun

This design is a modification of the Goshichi-no-kiri

have spherical business ends and can therefore be slightly easier to use because the tool creates the same impression if it's slightly off true as it does at a 90° angle to the surface