Specialty Jewelry

Specialty jewelry is a broad category which includes handcrafted jewelry, jewelry designed in a particular style or jewelry created for a specific organization or group.

One type of specialty jewelry is the spiral. Spirals have found a place in every ancient culture, from jewelry of Celtic design to the Anazazi and the aborigines of Australia. The forces of nature are well depicted by the Celtic spiral. Spirals are representative of an evolving spirit, often used as symbols for eternal life. Its center depicts complete balance.

A new life and death are well symbolized by the spirals, such as the serpentine insignias amongst the Hopi and the Navajo in the Southwest. Inward spiraling anticipates death and outward spiraling depicts life.

Apart from the spiral, there is the medicine wheel with a lightning bolt usually crafted from metal or beads and worn as a pendant. People also desire patterns like ancient clan totems on the medicine wheel.