Shalom Bayit PendantNovember 2009 Sterling Silver Shalom bayit is the Jewish concept of peace in the home. I wanted to strip the concept down to its simplest representation, so I started with the most basic geometric shape that I could think of that would universally represent a housea square with the top edge bent out into a triangular shape. To represent shalom, I used the first letter of the Hebrew spelling, shin (). By itself, shin can also represent God, which is

Holes are drilled into the bezel to accomodate the delicate chain

One of my dearest friends came to me to make an engagement ring for his girlfriend that would reflect the coupleʻs shared love of the ocean

bags and other vessels

so here's some shaky-cam video:

The symbol can be found pictured either with the star pointing out of the crescent (as found on the Algerian and Pakistani flags) or pointing into the crescent (as in the Turkish or Tunisian flags)

She chose a pearl for the gem in the hamsa which is a perfect choice on multiple levels: her Hebrew name is Reyna which means "clean" or "pure

which has an extraordinarily runish look to it

but my wife does kind of like it when I get all 4th-grade-art on her

although in my head of course it would be even larger—but I think this design hits the architectural limits of ¾" pipe

They'd been talking to another artist who hadn't panned out

Unfortunately photos don't truly show the sparkle of the side stones or the vibrant color of the central sapphire nearly well enough

I looked back to the design of the ner tamid