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Exquisite details crafted with advanced metalworking techniques create a distinguished piece of art exuding a celestial vibe. Mexican artisan Eduardo Villegas Reyes uses sterling silver to create a glorious pendant necklace whose main elements compose a floral scene adorned with little doves, symbols of beauty and peace. Accented with an oxidized finish, the design is also crowned with glass beads in red and blue hues.

Crafted with advanced metalworking techniques, this breathtaking piece of art exudes a heavenly vibe, perfect to complement several ensembles. Artisan Eduardo Villegas Reyes, from Mexico, works with sterling silver to create this charming pendant necklace whose main details compose a floral scene adorned with doves and leafy motifs, representing inner peace. Accented with an oxidized finish, the design is also crowned with glass beads in red and blue hues.

An ancient Maya legend tells how the gods gave a specific mission to each being they created. But they realized none had been chosen to carry thoughts and desires from one place to another," says Rosa Padillas of Rosa Roja. "So they carved a small piece of jade into a a slender arrowhead, and it became a beautiful hummingbird with iridescent feathers — the x ts'unu'um. Its mission was to carry good thoughts to all human beings, even those who had died.

"Today, if a hummingbird appears in front of you, it is delivering a message of love from someone who is thinking of you. And if we wear the image of a hummingbird, we carry good thoughts and desires to others.

"The hummingbird legend says that we can fly to the six cardinal points of the universe, therefore the hummingbird is the ideal link to transmit thoughts of love, of respect, tolerance and peace to all creatures on the planet."

The talented Mexican artisan reinterprets the legend as a necklace of dramatic beauty. She creates a hummingbird pendant in the pre-Hispanic style, and adds an agate geode representing the hummingbird's nest. It poses on a strand of gray cultured pearls.