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相思有寄

xiāng sī yǒu jì

Longing, given a place.

PriceAt release

One full vermilion bead where the eye can rest, among deep brown and blue-teal. A run of small red beads carries the colour on; a pale pink drop ends it softly.

In development

The sample is being finished and checked. Not yet available to order.

Form
Long strand, worn as two rounds
Materials
Being confirmed on the sample
Size
Confirmed on the sample Find your size

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Add a card in your own wordsPlanned

For you

Be well, always.

愿你常好

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Materials, size & how sure we are+

These facts are kept in one place and shared by every page that shows this piece.

ColourVermilion, blue-teal, deep brown, a pale pink dropAs photographed
FormLong strand, worn as two roundsAs photographed
MaterialsThe name of each material, and any treatment, dye or coatingConfirming
SizeBead sizes, strand length and weightMeasuring
Who made whatDesign, beads and parts, assemblyRecording
Fit & sizing+

A long strand that wraps twice. Its length, and how it sits on different wrists, will be measured on the finished sample and listed here.

How to measure your wrist

Care+

Keep it dry, put it on last and take it off first, and store it on its own. Care for each specific material will be listed here once the materials are confirmed.

Materials & care

Shipping, returns & duties+

The first release ships to the United States. Shipping times, costs, duties and returns will be published here before anything is sold.

The idea

A feeling, given
a small, round place.

This piece borrows a Tang poem’s way of placing a feeling in something small enough to keep close.

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 · our translation

01 · Where it began

With a short poem
about red seeds.

Red seeds grow in the south;
in spring, a few new sprigs.
Gather as many as you can —
of all things, these hold longing most.

Wang Wei asks a friend to gather plenty of red seeds, because of all things, they hold longing most. We borrowed the poem’s way of placing a feeling in something small and round.

No. 03 on the wrist, worn as two rounds
Worn as two rounds.

02 · What we understood

Care is rarely
said out loud.

It lives in a greeting, an afternoon together, a thought of someone that comes back in passing. We wanted to give that feeling one small object, so that when your eyes fall on it, someone comes to mind.

Close view of No. 03: a full vermilion bead among blue-teal and deep brown beads, a run of small red beads and a pale pink drop123

03 · How the piece holds it

One place to rest,
one colour that carries on.

  1. 1A full vermilion bead, where the eye can rest.
  2. 2Small red beads that carry the colour on.
  3. 3One pale pink drop — a softer note.

The vermilion bead appears brightly between deep brown and blue-teal. A run of small red beads answers it from further along the strand: one clear moment, and the care that stays in ordinary days afterwards.

The brown grain lays a quiet ground, blue-teal brings a cooler contrast, and the pale pink drop leaves a little softness.

No. 03 resting in an open palm
In the palm

At the scale of a hand, the strand becomes a line of colour you see many times a day.

Worn as
A long strand, wrapped twice
Length
Measured on the finished sample

Fit, length and how it sits on different wrists will be checked on the finished sample and listed here.

04 · What you make of it

Then it
becomes yours.

For yourself Carry

Keep a warmth you were given.

Wear it to remember someone, or a kindness you still want to keep.

For someone you cherish Give

“Be well, always.”愿你常好

Give it to someone you treasure, with a line of your own.

This is how we read our own piece. You are free to read it differently.

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