Tibetan Buddhist Jewelry

Tibetan Buddhist jewelry, carved by hand in solid S925 sterling silver and fire-gilded with 24K gold. Every piece here takes its form from the visual language of Tibetan Buddhism — the garuda, the vajra, the stupa, the conch, the wind horse and the ritual dagger — carved the way they appear on temple walls and altar objects, not simplified into charms.

Garuda and vajra pendants

The Garuda Pendant is the most deeply carved piece in the workshop: 67 grams of silver worked fully in the round. The vajra, or dorje, appears in three forms — the five-pronged vajra, the upright vajra crowned by Garuda and the crossed vishvavajra. To learn what they mean, read Garuda in Tibet and The Vajra.

Amulets that open

Two pendants follow the old Tibetan tradition of the gau, the portable shrine worn against the chest. The Wind Horse Locket and the Tibetan Stupa Locket both have a real chamber inside, which you can fill yourself or have consecrated. More in The Gau: Tibet's Portable Shrine. For the wider story, read What Is an Amulet Necklace?

Conch, phurba, rings and cuffs

The Dharma Conch Pendant carries the eight auspicious symbols; the Phurba Pendant is the three-sided ritual dagger of Vajrakilaya. For the hand and wrist there is the slim Garuda Garnet Pinky Ring and the Wind Horse Cuff.

How they are made

Each piece is carved and finished by hand. The gold is traditional fire-gilding, fused into the silver at around 900°C — not ordinary gold plating — and every line is re-cut by hand under a 40× microscope. What we write about these symbols is history and culture: we do not claim that any piece protects, heals or changes what happens to you.