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The Ghost Light series was born from one of first bead strand designs I created and feature “ghost” lights represented here by stunning and rare black phantom quartz beads married with sterling silver. Each ghost light is meant to represent a place to meditate on while wearing and are intended to be repositories of hauntings. What are you haunted by that you can bury or put away? What do you need to set aside ? What light do you need to shine on your ghosts ?

While there is a fair amount of writings and musings on the metaphysical meanings of phantom quartz- I like the idea of it as being a stone of transformation through liminality best-like a snake shedding its skin. The psychic residue of what we endure, & therefore what we shed, what we emerge from always remains with us. Its the wound that slightly throbs when it rains or the strange memory that resurfaces out of nowhere. It is my wish that what haunts you is passion rather than terror and that what you have endured has inspired you to open a new door. It is my wish that these ghostly lights may act as your north stars, leading you & your ghosts forward in the dark. 

“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes... ” -Angela Carter 

Please keep in mind that these beads are ‘earth made’ and then each one is hand cut and hand formed. You will see the earth’s inclusions inside and outside each sphere. 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.

The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stones and the cuts. 

This strand measures approximately 42 inches long from end to end. At its closure is our is our largest protective Eye clasp, cast in sterling silver, oxidized to our favorite gloomy grey and finished to highlight the shining silver beneath.  

This clasp is tactile in nature making it easily held between the tips of your fingers and rubbed for comfort in times of grief, anxiety, dissociation, as well as during moments of joy and wonder.  

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Some of the beads used in this strand are limited. We can not anticipate whether or not this particular style will be available again after this release. 

*Length note: Because individual bead measurements vary slightly, total strand lengths are approximate within a few millimeters in either direction. Please reach out via email if you have any questions about this. 

Please email: bloodmilkjewels@gmail.com with any questions and we will get back to you in a kind and timely manner.