Ships worldwide. This piece is held at our workshop and ships internationally.
One of a kind
Every carving is cut from its own block of rough. The photographs on this page show the exact piece you will receive — not a sample from the same batch.
Natural stone, untreated
100% natural stone, never dyed or reconstituted. Veins, inclusions and small shifts in colour are how the material formed; they are marks of origin rather than faults.
Carved by hand
Cut, shaped and polished by hand. Proportions differ a little from piece to piece because each one follows the block it came out of.
Checked and packed
Hand-inspected before dispatch and shipped in shockproof packaging.
Watching Something Shift
Chatoyancy only appears with movement, which gives the stone its traditional association with perspective and with looking again.
Turn it rather than displaying it fixed.
Seeing Clearly
The eye association is old and consistent across traditions: discernment rather than protection.
Kept where you need to judge something.
Nerve Under Pressure
Roman soldiers are recorded carrying tiger eye, and the association with steady nerve has followed it since.
Carried rather than shelved, by long custom.
Warmth
Its colour ties it to the usual solar-plexus associations of warm gold stones.
Set where morning light lands.
Why We Carve Skulls
The skull is the oldest symbol of transformation: what remains, what endures, what is left when everything temporary has gone. Carved in stone it reads less as death and more as clarity.
Turn it to face you when you want to be honest; turn it outward when you want to be left alone.