“Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.”

Sarah Vowell

A reliquary is a container designed to hold sacred objects. Wearable reliquaries serve to protect these artifacts while making them accessible for veneration and safe for transportation during pilgrimage.

I build these reliquary pendants by hand; layering metal with the intent to create a sacred vessel to hold a cherished object.

I use plexiglass to cover the container so the piece won’t shatter if accidentally dropped.

These reliquaries are a “lover’s eye”.
They are a nod to forbidden love and remembrance of the window to the soul of our dearly departed.

I commission genuine prosthetic glass eyes directly from the artist in India who paints each one by hand. I then enshrine them in a shadowbox pendant made with a tiffany soldering technique. Each necklace is hand-knotted to protect the stones and crystals from damage from rubbing against each other.

Please let me know if you are interested in having a reliquary custom made to hold your personal treasures.

These are available in my Etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/jezebelpride