Pip

THE SPIRIT: 

A small stone the color of a glass of mimosa · warm orange settling at one end, soft white and translucent fire at the other · a quiet layered form held in an open palm · the shade of a Sunday morning · the gentlest kind of celebration

DESCRIPTION:

Brand: The Character Arc

Origin: Handcrafted · Original Design

Size: Pendant Length: 1.4 inches / Pendant Weight: 3.9g (Featherlight & Delicate) / Opal: 9 × 4 × 3 mm, 0.69ct

Materials: Gold-Plated Copper Alloy Sculptural Hand + Natural Opal (slim seed-shaped form, transparent purple base with dominant blue fire)

Natural opal contains water. Keep away from heat, harsh chemicals, and ultrasonic cleaners. Wipe gently with a soft dry cloth.

Slim and seed-shaped, with the quiet geometry of something you'd find at the bottom of a fruit and almost throw away before you noticed it was pretty. The body is clearly transparent — you can almost see through her — with a cool violet cast that holds the whole stone. Blue fire moves across the surface in bright patches, with small flashes of green and gold at the edges. One of the smallest opals in the series. One-of-a-kind. October birthstone.

THE CHARACTER ARC: 

The smallest thing worth carrying in your pocket.

A pip is the seed you find at the bottom of an apple, the small hard thing inside the orange slice. Most people spit it out. Some people keep it. A pip is proof that something sweet was here, and proof that something could still grow.

She is that small. She is also that complete. Nothing about her is unfinished — she is just a different scale of whole. A violet body no bigger than a sunflower seed, with blue light moving quietly inside it, like weather happening in miniature.

You keep a pip because small things are easy to lose, and because the small things are often the ones that remember you back.