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Dinesh transforms acacia wood into a festive set of three ringing bells. Featuring golden painted iron beads, the handcrafted ornaments hang from braided cords in gold and silver and arrive in a golden organza pouch.

Calcite reveals rings of jasper seemingly buried deep within the stone. Set on a base of calcite, the perfect sphere is thought to foster spirituality while jasper attracts calmness and peace. Cesar Gonzáles sculpts a mesmerizing work.

Bring peace into your home with Motilal & Ayush's gorgeous sculpture, which portrays a meditating Buddha in traditional attire. Indian artisans use local kadam wood to craft the sculpture, diligently carving the Buddha's flowing robes with a skilled, gentle hand.

Seated in a cross-legged position, Buddha meditates, completely at peace. Indonesian artisan Wayan Rendah creates this depiction of Buddha, which he carefully carves by hand from suar wood with a beautiful natural grain. The attention to detail lavished over Buddha's hair and flowing clothes is simply stunning.

Alighting without fear, a long-beaked bird symbolizes peace. The graceful creature poises atop a serene, horned personage from the Guro tribe of Cote d'Ivoire. His golden gaze conveys serenity, set amid smooth sese wood features. Hand-carved by Salihu Ibrahim, this masterful mask exemplifies West African Ivorian folk art.

Throughout history, doves have inspired messages of peace and unity. Balinese artisan Made Wirata also draws inspiration from these winged friends to hand-carve a suar wood sculpture of two loving doves atop a globe.

""Where there is love, there will be love. Where there is love, there will be a feeling of peace, both within yourself, your family, and society in the world," says the artisan. "I hope the world will always be at peace. When the world experiences peace, a harmonious world will be created, and the economy will be improving, as part of a peaceful world.

"If we look at the character of doves, we know why they were chosen as a symbol of peace," the artisan continues. "Doves do not like to kill when looking for food, and do not like to fight when attacked by predators.

"Now, in the world, there is so much strife between humans, so much murder, greed, and injustice. Hopefully, humans can imitate the character of the dove sharing feelings of affection, tenderness, and love. This is how the world will become peaceful and serene."

In Balinese culture, Tri Kaya Parisudha is a philosophy that promotes positive thoughts, words and deeds, composed by three purified actions known as Manacika, Wacika and Kayika. Artisans from the Subrata Family in Indonesia carve and paint by hand a compelling suar wood sculpture of a man practicing Manacika and looking to achieve harmony and peace in life by the power of positive thinking.

"Positive thinking helps people do right and speak the truth. Positive and right thinking are the way to a harmonious life. With right and positive thinking, our behavior will be good and positive, including with our words. If all of creation thinks positively and does right, the world will be peaceful and not have more war, violence, or conflict, and so we will all prosper," say the artisans.