This design was prompted by how Sergio felt after a meaningful gathering with old friends, many of whom he had not seen for a long time. Each strand appears and retreats to the background to later appear again, just as relationships often do. Read the rest of this entry »
Category Asterix Magnetic Bracelet
783 Life’s Tapestry Magnetic Bracelet
782 Honeysuckle Magnetic Bracelet
Design inspired by the playful pattern of native Cherokee baskets, where crooked honeysuckle vines were often included to add character into the weave. Read the rest of this entry »
751 – Mokume Gane Magnetic Bracelet
Painstaking, and once secret, multi-metal lamination technique from medieval Japan, first used to adorn Samurai swords and later worn to identify members of the warrior class. Read the rest of this entry »
789 – Rodeo Brushed Magnetic Bracelet
Inspired by the special leather and metal work displayed at rodeos, one of the most attended social events in our Western region. Read the rest of this entry »
787 – Nuntucket Knot Magnetic Bracelet
While in Nantucket Island Sergio ran into an old sailor. He told him of the time when his island was a rich country run by women, since all men where off catching whales. He also showed him how to tie the safest knot, the one that inspired this bracelet, which is used to secure the anchor even during the roughest storms. Read the rest of this entry »
760 – Seven Metals Magnetic Bracelet
The mystical combination of Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Tin, Cadmium and Nickel in the proportions they appear in our Earth’s crust. Long used by alchemist for grounding as they pursued advanced esoteric studies. Paramahansa Yogananda, the holy man from India who pioneered Eastern philosophy in the U.S., taught in the 1920′s that pure metals emit an astral light that counteracts negative cosmic influences and counseled the use of a bracelet with at least Gold, Silver & Copper.
Read the rest of this entry »
767 – Copper Anchor Magnetic Bracelet
It was quite popular to wear copper bracelets among tall-ship sailors: “To prevent the aches and dizziness of the sea”. This intricate design is inspired by the safest of all marine knots, the one securing the anchor.
Read the rest of this entry »
769 – Cooperation Magnetic Bracelet
Pattern inspired by the way vines hug as they grow in the rain forest, giving each other strength as they naturally cooperate to reach the life-giving sunlight above the canopy.
Read the rest of this entry »
747 – Horseman Magnetic Bracelet
Design inspired by the characteristic leather work of the Western bridle, the horse head harness through which cowboys guide.
Read the rest of this entry »
768 – Copper Sage Magnetic Bracelet
Inspired by the way Lakota people braid bundles of sage. “We burn sage to purify an area”, grandfather Wallace Black Elk once told me, “so the spirit of our ancestors feel welcome to come and share their wisdom with us”.
Read the rest of this entry »