{"product_id":"son-of-the-forest-celtic-tree-of-life-cuff-bangle","title":"Celtic Tree of Life Cuff Bracelet for Men – Son of the Forest, Sterling Silver \u0026 24K Gold","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSon of the Forest — Celtic Tree of Life Cuff Bangle in Sterling Silver\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCeltic world tree · twin coronation swords · eternal knots · hand-carved S925 sterling silver with 24K fire-gilding and Swiss blue topaz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeven months, from the first sketch to the piece you are looking at. Design, draft, redraft, final drawing, and then the making — one full cycle, start to finish, for one bangle. A Celtic sterling silver cuff for men and women, carved by hand from a single piece of S925.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the piece that took us outside our own circle. We chose to make something this involved knowing exactly what it would cost us in time, and what came back is a cuff with nothing quite like it to be set beside. Of everything we have made, this is the one we point at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOPEN CUFF · SELECT YOUR WRIST SIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium fits wrists up to 19 cm (7.5 in). Large fits wrists over 19 cm (7.5 in). Choose your size above before adding to cart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e15 mm wide (0.6 in — about two-thirds the width of a US quarter) · 2.5 mm thick · 34 g \/ 1.2 oz in Medium, 50 g \/ 1.8 oz in Large.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe back is left open, and the cuff can be eased by roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) either way by hand — so a size that is close will become a size that fits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to measure:\u003c\/strong\u003e wrap a strip of paper around your wrist where the cuff will sit, mark where it meets, and measure that length. Under 19 cm \/ 7.5 in, choose Medium. Over it, choose Large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDesign Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The world tree at the centre.\u003c\/strong\u003e One tree holds the middle of the band — the world tree, which is also the tree of life. In the old cosmologies it stands at the centre of everything and joins what is below to what is above. Its roots go down into the dark and hold; its branches keep going anyway. That is the whole of what it means: the centre of the world, and the stubbornness of living things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. Two coronation swords.\u003c\/strong\u003e A sword stands on either side of the tree — not a weapon of the field, but the sword laid on a shoulder at a crowning. Authority, and the standing that comes with it. Into each pommel is set a single Swiss blue topaz, blue as sky against blue as sea: one for what is above you, one for what lies beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. The eternal knot on the hilts.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each hilt carries the Celtic eternal knot, a single line that crosses over and under itself and never arrives anywhere. Nothing in it has begun, and nothing in it has ended. It is the oldest way anyone found to draw the word \u003cem\u003ealways\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Bramble along the blades.\u003c\/strong\u003e Celtic thorn vines wind the length of both blades. We put them there deliberately: the road to anything worth reaching is thorned the entire way. The blade is not decoration laid over the thorns — it is the answer to them. You cut through, and you arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. Sun, moon and stars at the ends.\u003c\/strong\u003e The terminals of the cuff carry three figures set as a tripod: the sun, the moon and the stars. Hope, a smooth passage, and a direction to steer by. Three things worth having on any road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. Sun and moon in the same sky.\u003c\/strong\u003e That the sun and the moon should appear together has always been read as a good omen — the sign that the thing a person has been hoping for is going to arrive. It is the last figure carved into this bangle, and it is the wish we would send out with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. The gold goes where the eye should go.\u003c\/strong\u003e Traditional 24K fire-gilding picks out the Tree of Life in its roundel, the two crescent frames that hold it, the scrolls beside them, both sword blades and the braided grips. Everything else stays in darkened silver, so the gold reads as the structure of the piece rather than a coating over it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Meaning\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA tree at the centre. Two swords beside it. Thorns the whole length of both blades, and at the far ends, the sun and the moon and the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead it in order and it makes a plain sentence. Stand at the centre of your own life. Carry whatever authority is yours without apologising for it. Expect the thorns — the road was never going to be smooth, and the thorns are not evidence that you took a wrong turn. And when the sun and the moon come up in the same sky, take it the way it has always been meant: as the day the thing you were hoping for finds you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho This Was Made For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a particular person this was made for: the one standing at a threshold. The promotion that is also a weight. The move to a city where nobody knows them yet. The degree finished at forty. The year they finally began the thing they had been circling for a decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA coronation sword is not handed to someone who has already arrived. It is laid on the shoulder of someone about to begin. So if you are buying this for another person, that is the moment to give it in — not after the hard part is behind them, but on the morning they walk into it. It says the one thing worth saying at a threshold: \u003cem\u003eI know what this is going to cost you, and I think you are equal to it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay the road be thorned, and may you arrive anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore hand-carved Norse and Celtic work in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/norse-mythology-jewelry\"\u003eNorse Mythology Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial \u0026amp; Craftsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS925 sterling silver, hand-carved and hand-engraved\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Swiss blue topaz set into the sword pommels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24K gold, traditionally fire-gilded — the Tree of Life, the crescent frames, the scrollwork, both sword blades and grips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth 15 mm \/ 0.6 in · thickness 2.5 mm \/ 0.1 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight 34 g \/ 1.2 oz (Medium) · 50 g \/ 1.8 oz (Large)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen cuff — Medium: wrists up to 19 cm \/ 7.5 in · Large: wrists over 19 cm \/ 7.5 in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdjustable by roughly 2 cm \/ 0.8 in either way by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraditional Fire-Gilding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGold foil is fused onto the surface of S925 sterling silver at approximately 900°C. Gold's own melting point is 1063°C, so the work happens inside a narrow window: hot enough for the gold to bond, not hot enough for it to run. Every detail is then engraved and shaped by hand under a 40× microscope. This is not ordinary gold plating: the gold is fired into the silver rather than deposited on its surface, so it becomes part of the piece — a real weight of gold, not a film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaring for the stones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe silver will take almost anything. The topaz will not. Blue topaz has one direction of perfect cleavage, which means a hard knock at the wrong angle can split it, and it does not tolerate ultrasonic cleaners or sudden heat. Take the cuff off before swimming or bathing, and wipe it dry after wear. 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