The Love and Protection Bracelet

For the Air Goddess — soft on the outside, unbreakable underneath.

A bracelet in two minds. Half of it is rose quartz, that clouded pink that looks as though it were carved out of a blush; the other half is black tourmaline, flat dark and entirely unsentimental. Between them, small rose gold-plated hematite spacers catch the light in a thin warm line. It reads as a love token from across a room and as something considerably sturdier up close, which is more or less the point — the tender things in life tend to need a guard posted.

Good for anniversaries, for new mothers, for anyone who has been handed a hard year and deserves something pretty for surviving it. Wear it alone against bare skin, or let the pink pick up a cream sweater in winter.

10 mm polished Black Tourmaline and Rose Quartz rounds · 3 mm rose gold-plated Hematite rondelle spacers · Small approximately 7 in, Medium approximately 7 1/2 in, Large approximately 8 in · handmade in small artisanal batches, so stones and sizing vary slightly