Lapis Jewelry

Lapis Lazuli Jewelry

Lapis lazuli has been someone's favorite stone for about six thousand years, which is a reasonable track record. The blue is specific in a way that is hard to replicate: deep, a little inky, with that unmistakable fleck of gold running through it. Lapis lazuli jewelry works because the stone has enough presence to hold its own against gold hardware without disappearing into it.

A lapis lazuli necklace through a lock reads differently than most fine jewelry because the mechanism gives the stone something to work against. A lapis bead necklace worn on a rondelle strand has a quieter energy, more layerable, more personal. A lapis lazuli pendant in disc or squircle form is somewhere in between. And when lapis lazuli stone jewelry appears as Inlay, set flush into the body of a lock, the stone stops being a detail and becomes the entire surface.

Turquoise jewelry pairs well with it if you want to bring in a second color. The lapis is the reason to start here either way.