Sun and Moon - Balance - Plant-Based Ivory Pendant

Pendant in Vegetable Ivory - Sun Moon

The Sun Moon is inspired by the model proposed by Tao, representing the Sun identified as the masculine principle and the Moon identified with the feminine principle.

The Sun is the symbol of the Light of God, of the vitality that is splendidly reflected upon the Moon, symbolized by the Earth, as a mirror of the mystics, which manifests and incorporates the Light; the moon is also the darkness, intuition, and the mutability of forms.

Sun and Moon represent the alternation and balance of day and night, of black and white, of activity and rest, and the dialectic of opposites.

Dimensions: 2.8 cm

Material

Corozo, or "Vegetable Ivory" or "Tagua", is made from the dried seed of the tropical plant "Phytelephas macrocarpa", commonly known as the elephant plant (Phytos = plant, elephas = elephant).

The plant, similar to that of the coconut, grows in the humid equatorial belt of central South America (Ecuador).

Each plant produces 8-10 inflorescences per year, each containing 250 seeds. When fresh, they contain a milky white liquid which, after 9 months of maturation, solidifies and transforms into a white material entirely similar to animal ivory.

After drying, the corozo nuts are cut into slices. The turned slice becomes a washer with regular measurements.

The original color, from optical white to antique ivory, must be considered "the natural" par excellence.

Dyeing with natural earths emphasizes the shape and highlights its unrepeatable and extraordinary veins, very similar to those of a root.