A pair of subtly asymmetrical earrings detailed with red markings along gold beadwork. One earring is marked with fire (— - - —) and the other with water (- - — - -).

This collection is inspired by Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams), an early system of notation in Chinese history that consists of eight symbols created from the arrangement of 2 straight lines, either solid — or broken - - .

These lines, respectively corresponding to the positive (Yang) and negative (Yin) principles of the universe, were combined to create trigrams to represent phenomena of the universe: heaven, earth, water, fire, river, mountain, wind and thunder.

Each of our pieces from this collection draws directly from the arrangement of these trigrams and the special pairings Yin and Yang pairings. This year we bring focus to fire and water.

Red is the color of luck, joy and happiness. We highlight red in our Lunar New Year collections as It is considered an auspicious color associated with warmth and life, and is believed to ward off evil spirits.

Each earring hoop is hand hammered from 14k gold-filled wire and meticulously beaded in our San Francisco studio.

Details

Color – red, gold

Diameter – 1.375"

Materials – Japanese glass seed beads, 14k gold-filled beads, hand-hammered 14k gold-filled wire hoops

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