"Flowing Peace" CartoucheJanuary 2011 Sterling silver The placid looking characters on this cartouche, (tohulishu), are from the poem "The Perch in Jade Hued Hill" by Li Bai, one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty. Translated as "peach blossoms flowing along with the water," the line is suggestive of lovers going along peacefully together with no signs of disturbance despite their great differences. Dimensions: 0. 5" x 1. 5" Sterling silver Chain is included

I used the lace pattern typically found around the eyes in sugar-skull makeup and turn that into the outside borders of the bands

To avoid this

From the top it looks like a fairly classic ring

and to make a square setting out of giant square prongs

I used the silver strips to create a backless bezel around the stone discs

Neither of us are particularly subtle

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that it formed at the same time as the Earth

When it is finally hung in the synagogue

For the design I borrowed from the floral morbidity of sugar skull designs popular during the Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos to appeal to both the hippie and metalhead aspects of my clients' aesthetic

human wisdom tooth

My wife and I had been discussing getting rid of our plastic cutting boards to reduce the chance of introducing even more microplastics than already exist in the food chain into our diet via our own kitchen