Seventh Anniversary: Iron (Out of Turn)November 2020Iron, 14 karat gold First things first: the traditional present for the seventh anniversary is NOT iron. It's wool. Iron is traditional for the sixth anniversary but last year I erroneously had it in my head that the sixth anniversary was wool and I skipped iron. As a result, for the seventh anniversary I've gone back to revisit iron and for our eighth anniversary we'll be back on track with the correct gift for the correct year. I'd been

I had originally had presented the design in relief

on this progression of intimacy

Each hamsa has a letter of the Hebrew alphabet engraved on its palm

a motif I had first used in a limited run of ner tamid pendants that are also made out of stone and silver from the ner tamid

We took the first line of the Birkat Kohanim

A ner tamid

I originally bought the gigantic 13mm x 18mm cubic zirconium at the center of this ring for the lulz

here the motif was broken apart into three sets of three ginkgo leaves actually flowing along the shanks of each ring to more closely represent the message of the saying

which represent their now complete family--the two of them plus their son

as well as how Hawai‘i in turn has influenced the Japanese population both here and abroad both culturally and genetically—true fusion on all levels

they'll be reminded of the intense joy they felt on their wedding day

I was asked to come up with a special piece