sculptures of hands

This exquisitely detailed pendant necklace is from Made Wardika in Bali. The Buddha head pendant is carved by hand from smooth cow bone with a bull horn urna, the "eye of wisdom", on the forehead. The pendant centers a dark brown leather cord of adjustable length.

Working with natural dark green Guatemalan jade, artisan Zandra Lorena Sajbin creates a pendant of the rune Ansuz. Ansuz, literally meaning "a god", is the rune of meaning and inspiration. The pendant centers a waxed cotton cord of adjustable length.

Runes are letters in the runic alphabets, which were used before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet. Some people also believe that runes have magical significance and can be used in divination. The word rune itself translates to "something secret or hidden".