sterling rosary

Balinese artisan Ketut Sulastri expresses her love with this elegant stretch bracelet, featuring a beaded strand of rosy pink agate stones that circles the wrist. Working with local artisans, Sulastri accents the lovely bracelet with a striped heart charm of sterling silver, flanked by elaborate silver beads.

Sharing a romantic encounter, two birds are crafted of sterling silver to flank a gleaming heart. Mexican artisan Rosa Rojo designs this lovely pendant, featuring beads of blue-green agate and hematite that dangle below.

Suspended from sterling silver posts, mossy quartz and yellow-green beads of agate are eye-catching. Rosa Rojo in Mexico designs these unique dangle earrings.

Crafted of precious sterling silver, two birds fly in beautiful liberty. Mexican artisan Rosa Rojo creates these earrings, accentuated by a combination of finishes. Beads of faceted pink agate and hematite dangle.

Crafted of precious sterling silver, a bird flies in beautiful liberty. Mexican artisan Rosa Rojo creates this pendant necklace, accentuated by a combination of finishes. Beads of faceted pink agate and hematite dangle.

Representing the transition between life and death, a stunning skull is crafted from sterling silver and given a combination of finishes. Mexican artisan Rosa Rojo designs this pendant necklace, featuring beads of purple agate and amethyst that dangle.

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.