Wishing Stone Collection

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When walking along the any shoreline, it’s common to look down to scan the ground for intricate shells and fragments of beach glass. Upon spotting a rare variety, you’d likely pick it up, and add it to your collection as a prized possession. Sometimes, particularly along the rocky shores that are characteristic of many coastal regions in Atlantic Canada, beach combing centres around finding the “perfect” rock. What is deemed a good beach rock is subject to it’s finder; it could have smooth surface, a pleasing shape, or an eye-catching colour. There is one type of rock, however, that is known with certainty to be special: wishing stones.

According to legend, a wishing stone is a rock with a distinct, continuous line that runs around it. These are known to grant wishes when mediated on and tossed back into the ocean, or lovingly passed along to someone else. 

The Wishing Stone Collection features sterling silver jewellery designs that draw inspiration from the act of beach combing, and the rocks we decide to pick up and hold onto as keepsakes. To touch, each piece is smooth like a stone that has been tumbled by the sea for centuries, and features a shiny raised line that makes reference to wishing stones. The thoughtfully-designed pieces in this collection provide the versatility of both comfort and elegance. Each piece is meant to serve as a memento of quiet exploration, both physical and emotional, evoking memories of wandering peacefully along a shoreline, and prompting reflection on our biggest wishes for ourselves and those we hold close.

 
Tors Cove, Newfoundland, September 2019. Photo by Eliot Wright. See more of Eliot’s photography here.

Tors Cove, Newfoundland, September 2019.
Photo by Eliot Wright. See more of Eliot’s photography here.

Tors Cove, Newfoundland, September 2019. Photo by Eliot Wright. See more of Eliot’s photography here.

Tors Cove, Newfoundland, September 2019.
Photo by Eliot Wright. See more of Eliot’s photography here.