925 silver engraved hamsa pendant

925 silver engraved hamsa pendantThe open hand, shaped by a craftsman's hand. This hand forged Hamsa pendant is built entirely from hand twisted 925 sterling silver wire letting the Yemenite filigree technique speak for itself. Hand forged from 925 sterling silver using traditional Yemenite filigree techniques. Fine wire is twisted and soldered into spirals and openwork patterns that build the form one element at a time. The design demonstrates the kind of close range detail that

This hand-forged pendant features a piece of ancient Roman glass excavated near Roman trade routes in Israel

Wire is drawn

Stone and filigree

held by hand-twisted silver

The entire piece is hand-forged from 925 sterling silver

This filigree pendant features a pearl whose luminous surface catches and diffuses light

complete in craft

silver all around

Multiple rows of twisted wire

each setting built by hand

one setting

Wide-band filigree is among the most demanding forms of this craft: each row of twisted wire must connect seamlessly to the next across the full width