Ōyama PendantDecember 2024 10 karat white gold, vitreous enamel I was approached by a client who wanted to create a pendant for his girlfriend with her surname yama (, "great mountain") on it in kanji. After discussing a few ideas, we selected the shape of a Shgi (Japanese chess) game piece for the pendantnot only does the outline of the Shgi piece resemble a mountain, it is simply an iconic shape in Japanese culture. The kanji are inset and filled with black

as the version on the earrings is the preferred form in kanji (which directly translated means "Chinese characters"

" Additionally

August 2016

elementary-school style

"one hundred years" is used euphamistically to mean "a very long time

The new motif provides a demarcation point for the beginning and end of the Hebrew text

black pearl

and I wanted to do something with it that highlighted the exceptional curl and chatoyance of the wood

Heliconia isn't a native plant in Hawai‘i

while our marriage is still going strong

14 karat yellow gold

or the Hawaiian monk seal