Ozer HamsaMay 2008 Sterling silver I'd always wanted to make an old school style, overcrowded kabbalistic protective amulet. This one was inspired by an oft rushed line in the Amidah (the central prayer of the Jewish service, sometimes just called Ha Tefillah, or "The Prayer"). (Melech Ozer u'Moshia u'Magen), which appears here in the fingers of the hamsa, is a reference to God that is frequently translated as "King who helps, saves and protects." But there is

" The vibrant cursive calligraphy evokes the petals of exotic flowers and the delicate

since it's difficult to pick up on when you're focused on the gemstones

August 2015

Alexandrite

Then I paired them against some black pearls

The second iteration looks like a Star of David

those three sections together look like an abstract representation of the letter shin (ש)

14K gold/sterling silver

but the shank also needed to be small enough to be comfortable

and was interested in something elegant yet kidney-themed

An old friend

constructed a privacy barrier so that we could work in secret