"Aim High" Family PendantsOctober 2025 Sterling silver A client came to me to make pendants for himself and his sons, one of whom was heading off to college, so that they would have a shared piece that unites them and their ancestors. The front of the pendant boldly displays their family name (pronounced "Woo" in Cantonese) in a flowing grass script. The back bears an inscription steeped in family and world history. My clients great grandfather, one of Hawaiis earliest

and to accomplish the feat of 25 years of marriage—this is truly divine

and I decided to use that to guide the design

but had no really linear sections that would work around the band of a ring

a Langford Pecten

and decided that the bride-to-be shouldn't be the only one to wear an engagement ring

A client came to me for a gift for his wife on the occasion of the birth of their daughter

" Try a little tenderness and express how you feel to your honey with the gift of this pendant

Not quite a year after a friend of mine commissioned an alexandrite solitaire with which to propose to his girlfriend (she said yes

and if possible his as well (נ

" and pearls are frequently used to represent purity

It also vaguely makes the word look like the symbol ॐ (om)

here's a short video of the piece in motion: