This is artisan Zhang Jinyou, who possesses a unique technique for hand-carving pearls. Using pearls or the inner iridescent surface of seashells as his canvas, he meticulously hand-carves a variety of patterns to express his artistic vision.The ring’s philosophy is rooted in “Zen dialectics”—the interplay of dualities like despair/hope and death/rebirth. Its design challenges perception: what seems a harbinger of ruin may hold the keys to transcendence. As the adage goes, “One thought opens hell; another, paradise.”
Hanya: The Winter Crow Ring is hand-engraved and ships in 5 days. The ring engraving video will be sent to you.
Materials:
Tahitian black-lipped pearl oyster shell, 925 sterling silver, green turquoise.
Story:
The ring’s face is carved by hand from a South Pacific black-lipped pearl oyster, featuring layered skulls that symbolize rebirth through mortality—an ode to resilience, where peril becomes a portal to new realms. The sterling silver band, darkened via sulfurization, is engraved with a crow whose eyes are inlaid with "Tibetan turquoise", a stone revered in Himalayan culture for its sacred purity.
Though crows, cloaked in black, are often misread as omens of doom across cultures, they are among nature’s most intelligent and emotionally attuned creatures. This duality is crystallized in the turquoise-eyed crow: a paradox of darkness and enlightenment. In Tibetan tradition, turquoise embodies divine wisdom, transforming the crow’s perceived ominous aura into one of sanctity and insight.
