Yehoshua StarOctober 2003Sterling silver April 200614 karat yellow gold Variations I & II, 2005Sterling silver I had been wearing my grandfather's star for years prior to making the original sterling silver version of this star, but I decided that it would be a good idea to wear something that I had made (good advertising, right?) as well as something with my name instead of his. The simplest explanation of the symbol on the star is that it's an abbreviation of my

Luna represents Artemis (Latin: Diana)

and is even more rarely specific about what it should be

since the real value here is the stone

with polished rails in differing widths and heights surrounding roughly satin-finished channels

since I didn't want bugs to start eating it over time

Despite the prongs

my wife encouraged me to make more cuff bracelets by saying things like "women like cuff bracelets" and "I like cuff bracelets

She didn't want an engagement ring

For my friend Matt's wedding

is lab-grown zircon—chemically and structurally identical to the real thing

and the name of the hand-shaped amulet actually comes from the Arabic word for "five" (a reference to the five fingers)

was done in a matching two-tone white metal style