Due to the special nature of these jewels, they are only available for purchase one per person. 

IMPORTANT: This listing is for a One of a Kind jewel that cannot be replaced. We recommend Express Shipping with signature required upon delivery to make sure it arrives safely into your hands. 

This necklace is Ready To Ship and will leave the studio in 3 - 5 business days. 

Please note : This necklace will be created with an 18" bar link chain. If you desire a different chain length you must reach out to us immediately after placing your order. 

A variation of our 'Guardian' necklace: a small domed silver sheen obsidian is cradled in a nest of thorns. Cast from Blackthorn tree thorns, they have been slightly exaggerated to appear longer than they are in life. 

The Blackthorn tree, much like the scorpion or the snake, carries with it a dual nature: its folklore is seeped in an ‘othering’ darkness and yet its thorn berries are used as protection and medicine. Used as barriers in England to create hedges between wild and cultivated land, it generally grows on the edges of woodlands with its sister, the Hawthorn tree. Its near black colored wood and thorny branches gives it a fairytale quality it is the exact thorns that encircle Sleeping Beauty’s castle to protect her while she sleeps. In the tale, the thorny gates snarls intruders and “unfit” princes in its branches as its thorn pricks can lead to septic death. 

As a liminal guardian of boundaries, Blackthorn also carries with it apotropaic magic: protection by defense and warding. Blackthorns were worn on solo journeying to keep unwanted energies away as well as kept by the bedside to avert night terrors. They were also hung in the doorways of the home for protection, similar to how they function in the wild, protecting the edges of places.

The proximity to pain while wearing Blackthorn suggests being mindful to the emotional realms of it: our ability to stay present and persevere during intense times as well as the hope for healing psychic wounds by piercing them-facing them, allowing them to drain and heal.

While some wounds may never be healed : the presence of a thorn over our wound protects from further damage : a guardianship.

Here, a nest of thorns encircle a domed Silver Sheen Obsidian cabochon, suggesting protection and guardianship over the heart and all that is ruled by it. 

*Details* :

- 31 mm from top to bottom

- 31 mm wide

- Solid Sterling Silver  

- Both pendant and chain are hand oxidized to achieve our favorite shade of stormy gray and then highlighted to reveal the bright luminous silver beneath

- Set with one 18 x 20 mm slightly domed Silver Sheen Obsidian cabochon

Silver Sheen Obsidian:

Silver Sheen Obsidian is a natural stone made of polished volcanic glass from Mexico. This stone is dark in color but has beautiful flashes of silver when turned, that resemble the moon going through her many phases, or tiny galaxies teeming with space dust. 

This jewel is hand cut and therefore may have small signs of the carver's hands along the edges. This has not been fabricated by a machine, it has been made by hand and therefore isn't uniformly perfect. The photographs accurately portray the quality of the stone. 

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