Ships from Tucson, Arizona. This piece is held in our United States warehouse and can only be delivered within the United States.
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.
Warmth Without Colour
Pale stones are traditionally associated with clarity, and this one specifically with a clarity that has been arrived at rather than assumed.
Set it where the light is warm — lamp rather than daylight.
Stillness
Its association is consistently with calm and with lowered volume rather than with energy of any kind.
Keep it in the room where nothing much happens.
Nothing to Prove
Without banding or flash, ivory jade shows only form. Traditionally it is a stone linked with modesty.
Place it where it will be seen occasionally rather than constantly.
What Ages Well
Pale jade-family stones are among the most commonly inherited objects in the cultures that carve them.
Given rather than bought for oneself, by long custom.
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.