Arts & Crafts Opal Necklace by the Artificers’ Guild, c. 1910 Io I’ll white chalcedony A hope that distance would

A hope that distance would not diminish affection

their petals entwined in a symmetrical embrace

ready to continue its story with its next wearer

it is a ring made to be worn

2 mm by 46

Arts & Crafts Opal Necklace by the Artificers’ Guild, c. 1910 Io I’ll white chalcedony A hope that distance wouldSome pieces seem to hold a bit of the sky, and this one, made by the revered Artificers Guild, feels like it was shaped by hands that believed beauty was a form of devotion. The Guild, one of the most important workshops of the English Arts & Crafts movement, championed the idea that jewelry should be both art and craft: finely made, deeply expressive, and touched by the soul of the maker. You see that philosophy here in the sculptural curves, the