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Please note: Because these stones are very limited, we are not able to accommodate any requests for specific stone color preferences. This collection of purple labradorite stones range in color from pale to dark lavender and also pink and orange hues. The majority include dark "freckles", striations, and some have "glitter" within the stone. They range from translucent to opaque. 

The Moirai { also known as The Fates } are a trio of sisters known to be born to Nyx, primordial Goddess of the Night. Respected and feared even by Zeus, they were the weavers & spinners of the fates of both mortals as well as the immortals, laying out the path of thread of destiny for the lives of all. Once a life was over, Atropos, “The Inevitable” would take her shears and cut the “thread ” thus ending the path of destiny, while also choosing the manner of the mortals death; sending the shade to the Underworld where it would descend to the ferryman Charon to begin its journey to Hades. 

The concept of Fate/Destiny has always been interesting to me, something I feel I’ve shouldered or collided into, while other times, I feel I’ve taken the reins of my own fate, for better or worse. This talisman represents the tension of this duality while also carrying with it the symbol of the Egyptian burial Tomb / Pyramid ~ suggesting both laying to rest the threads of ‘fate’ or dreams that we pursued that didn’t work out or that wounded us, as well as the dreams / fate we hope will come to fruition, the fate we hope will play out in our favor, giving us the little extra boost that the shape of the pyramid, raised the the solar energies ( Ra ) that the Egyptians favored, may bestow. 

Additionally, this is a gentle reminder that there are some threads that need to be cut - that although Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos may “historically’ weave and spin the threads of our fate amongst our ancestors ( in different iterations ), that perhaps we still have the ability to cut the threads to weave our own paths, to leave situations, people, places, dreams, and even versions of ourselves behind us when they become too inky, if we are able to do so.  

Life cast bat bones were manipulated to cradle a trillion cut gemstone. Cast in sterling silver silver, each ring is oxidized to achieve our signature shade of stormy gray and the hand finished to reveal this shining highlights beneath. 

Bats and their cast wing and leg bones have long been a component I’ve used in my visual library as a way of creating a personal visual language. As nocturnal creatures, I feel a kinship with their natural predilection for the night time hours, but I’m also interested in how they use sonar to ‘see’, how as a metaphor bats as liminal creatures also remind us to look closer with our other senses, a way of ‘seeing the unseen.’ It’s my hope and intention that pairing them with other chthonic imagery and myth further adds to the visual meaning I’m aiming for, creating a collage of personal ideas while also tethering these physical jeweled objects to the spirit of the bat ( and other natural objects in the case of other jewels in my collection ) and to the spirit of the myths I’m invoking.

Details:

- Solid sterling silver 

- Sits just over 8mm off of the finger

- 20mm at its widest

- 11mm hand cut trillion purple labradorite 

Purple Labradorite: 

Labradorite with a ‘full range’ of colors, including purple, has also been called ‘Spectrolite’ ~ though over the years these more colorful iterations have been given many other names depending on the range of colors captured in the specific cuts we’ve been able to collect in our “special jewels”, and now, in our specific ring cuts. Sometimes they are called ‘Sunset Labs’ for the way they appear to hold the melting colors of the sun setting - pinks and lavenders as well as even hints of flaming reds and deep purples, are all married within one stone. Other stones under the name ‘Belladonna’ vary from the purples of wet oyster shells to the pale lavender of the petals of belladonna flowers - each stone is unique and carries with it, its time underground - where under pressure, its glorious colors bloomed within. Interestingly, it’s light that enables its range of colors to be reveled - turning it in the light, while on the finger or in ones hand - creates a kind of ‘shapeshifting’ effect - the internal fractures and layers within the stone allow for different colors within the stone shift, flash, and to reveal themselves differently. I’m sure there is more science and scientific words at play here that I could be using more effectively and may be able to as my knowledge expands, but as someone who has been wearing and has been interested in labradorite since I was a child - it is a pleasure and a joy to be able to be working with this beautiful earth made material, to be able to offer it here, now, to you, in these beautiful cuts.

Please keep in mind that these stones are ‘earth made’ and then each one is hand cut and hand formed, to specifically fit our rings. You will see the earth’s inclusions inside and outside each ring - some of which I call ‘eye freckles’ or ‘witch hairs’ ~ ‘tiger stripes’ and ‘crystal glitter or mini galaxies’ these are associative names that I’ve assigned these ‘imperfections’ meaning to, that run alongside the scientific designations of what these inclusions are and why they occur ( perhaps more heat or pressure the stone was under  - apt metaphor for these times ? )  Nothing is imperfect to me. I see evidence of a jeweler’s or a stone cutter’s hand and I think of Rodin, and how his sculptures included the evidence of his hands - from a hundred plus years ago - and how that connects me and my team, to this lineage of hand-making, in a time when machinated ‘perfect’ work is becoming more and more normalized. I am trying to resist this idea of ‘perfection’, and I implore the same of you. These are all hand made, and earth made beautiful objects, so inherently, by today’s standards, they are ‘imperfect’ - because humans had their hands, and more importantly, their hearts on them.

These purple labradorite stones range in color from light grey purple, to deep purple, as well as pink and orange tones. As mentioned above, because we have such a limited amount, specific preferences can not be accommodated but each stone is chosen by hand for its beauty.

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