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.
Leaving Something Behind
The snake association gives serpentine its most consistent traditional reading: renewal through discarding rather than through acquiring.
Keep it through the period you are trying to leave, not after.
Rising
In Indian tradition serpentine is linked with the coiled energy at the base of the spine and with its unhurried release.
Traditionally held at the base of the spine during seated practice.
Close to the Ground
Its magnesium chemistry and its colour both tie it to the earth in traditional readings.
Set it low — a shelf near the floor rather than at eye level.
Carve-able, Breakable
Softer than quartz, serpentine marks more easily than the stones it usually sits beside on a shelf.
Keep it apart from harder pieces rather than among them.
Why We Carve Animals
Animals in stone are old — older than writing. What a carved animal carries is whatever its own culture gave it: the elephant's memory, the owl's night sight, the bear's patience. The stone lends its own weight to the borrowing.
Keep it in view rather than in storage; these are traditionally companions rather than talismans.