B Corp-Certified Jeweler Shakti Ellenwood Debuts Awesome Animal Amulets

Shakti Ellenwood has always been inspired by imagery from ancient Egypt, India, and the Amazon rainforest—the jewelry designer sings mantras and icaros to the pieces she creates to imbue them with “blessing and protection,” creating pieces she considers “prayers captured in gold.”

And she’s also focused on sustainability. The designer, who trained under fifth-generation Armenian master goldsmith Hratch Nargizian in the 1990s and launched her eponymous brand in 2000, recently took her company through the rigorous process of becoming B-Corp-certified (see more on B Corps here). The jeweler uses Fairtrade gold exclusively, and sources gemstones from artisanal miners who benefit local communities and strive to minimize their impact on the environment.

Her most recent release, the awesome and often adorable Animal Amulets Collection, is “inspired by the Ancient Egyptians who wore jewelry for protection and the Native American Indians who say we all have a spirit animal who guides us,” she says. The imagery and ideas for the amulets/pendants came to Ellenwood during meditation; the jewelry designer has been attending Aboriginal Dreamtime meditation retreats for many years—which is likely why her new menagerie has so much spirit.

See for yourself:

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