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Alive to
what matters.

Bracelets shaped by Chinese aesthetics, and the things we find worth keeping.

No. 03 相思有寄 hanging from an open hand: vermilion, blue-teal and deep brown beads, a pale pink drop
No. 03 相思有寄 · held in an open hand

Alive objects

Objects with a reason to exist.

Jewelry gives form to what we hold within. Each piece becomes an extension of the body, expressing what we stand for, cherish, and choose.

Series 01 · November 2026

Longing,
given a place.

相思有寄No. 03

A piece for the people we think of more often than we say.

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01 · Where it began

A short Tang poem.

红豆生南国,
春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷,
此物最相思。

Wang Wei, “Xiang Si”, Tang dynasty

Wang Wei asks a friend to gather red seeds, because of all things they hold longing best.

02 · What we understood

Care is rarely said out loud.

It turns up in a greeting, an afternoon together, a thought that comes back in passing.

03 · How the piece holds it

One red to rest on, small reds after.

One red to rest on, small reds after.123
  1. 1One large red bead, where the eye rests.
  2. 2Smaller reds carry the colour on.
  3. 3A pale pink drop, the softest note.

04 · With you

Then it becomes yours.

“Be well, always.”愿你常好

Wear it for someone you think of, or give it with a line of your own.

Series 02 · Layout sample

Room
to think.

游标远锚Marker & AnchorWood & Jade 03

Three pieces that leave a little space: a gap in a cord, a bead left uneven, an open stretch.

01 · Where it began

Not a picture. A thought.

“When something matters, slowing down can be the hardest part.”

No poem or painting behind this one: a thing we kept noticing in ourselves and the people around us.

02 · What we understood

Hard and good are rarely kept apart.

Dark wood and pale stone share one circle · design image
Dark wood and pale stone share one circle · design image

Dark wood makes one long section of the circle, pale stone the other — and a few wood beads return inside it.

03 · How the piece holds it

A gap, and what we gain.

An open span of cord, both sides still joined
An open span of cord, both sides still joined
A carved piece where the wood beads meet
A carved piece where the wood beads meet

04 · With you

A little room, every day.

“Take all the time you need.”

Keep it for yourself, or give it to someone in the middle of something.

Layout sample Not a decided Series. It shows how an issue with several pieces, beginning from a thought rather than a poem, would look; the images are design images.

Every piece,
each begun somewhere.

A poem, a colour, a material, a moment. Names are working names; materials and sizes are confirmed before anything is released.

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Two ways to choose

Keep it close.
Or send it with care.

The same piece can have a different place in each person’s life.

How a piece begins.

For example, from
  1. 01

    What draws our attention?

  2. 02

    What does it make us feel, or understand?

  3. 03

    How can an object carry it?

One dark bead with an uneven outline
One dark bead with an uneven outline
A dark, uneven stone among rounded pebbles in shallow water
Not everything has to be turned round to belong.
Kept as it is, among round teal beads
Kept as it is, among round teal beads The notes on 澄心·随形

红豆生南国,
春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷,
此物最相思。

Wang Wei, “Xiang Si”, Tang dynasty
Two spring buds and a drop of water on a branch
Care is rarely said out loud. It comes back in small moments.
One red to rest on; smaller reds carry it on.
One red to rest on; smaller reds carry it on. The notes on 相思有寄
Shen Zhou, Farewell at a Spring River (detail), 1499 · Princeton University Art Museum
Shen Zhou, Farewell at a Spring River (detail), 1499 · Princeton University Art MuseumThe painting came after the design: a way of looking, not where the piece began.
Trees thick on one bank, thinning into mist over open water
Dense on one side, then open: fewer and fewer strokes, and space left alone.
Beads stop; two cords carry the outline on · design image
Beads stop; two cords carry the outline on · design image The notes on 绳峡留白

“When something matters, slowing down can be the hardest part.”

A thought from the studio
A long wooden boat tied up on still, misty water
Slowing down to look again need not mean giving up on something.
An open span of cord, both sides still joined · design image
An open span of cord, both sides still joined · design image The notes on 游标远锚

More on how we work

Before you choose

Early, and clear about it.

We will

  • Explain why a piece is made the way it is.
  • Tell you what each material is, and how sure we are.
  • Show who made what.
  • Leave the meaning to you.

We won’t

  • Promise luck, love, health, or any outcome.
  • Call a modern idea an ancient tradition.
  • Speak for “Chinese culture” in general.
  • Decide for you what a piece must mean.
  1. Now

    First pieces in development; samples being finished and checked.

  2. Next

    Materials, sizes and prices confirmed for each piece.

  3. Then

    A first release, starting with the United States.

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