The Journal

Stories and Meaning

Where the motifs come from, how a piece is made, and what these ornaments have meant for as long as they have been worn. Written slowly, and not often.

Two women in cream wearing temple necklaces, beneath jasmine garlands. 4 minute read The Meaning Behind Temple Jewellery Before it adorned a bride, it adorned a goddess. A reading of the motifs that have travelled, unbroken, from the sanctum to the skin. Read the piece