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Ek Onkar Showpiece in Natural Peridot
Natural Peridot · Walnut
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Ek Onkar drawn in thirty six natural peridots, framed in walnut and standing on its own engraved base. The cooler and more formal of our two Ek Onkar pieces, given for a new house, a wedding or Gurpurab.
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ੴ, the opening of the Mool Mantar. Peridot is a clear spring green, cooler and quieter than the citrine version. It holds its colour evenly in daylight and darkens slightly under lamplight, which makes the stroke read crisply against cream suede from across a room. Ek Onkar is the first character of the Guru Granth Sahib and the beginning of the Mool Mantar. It means one, and it is written as a single continuous stroke, which is why the numeral and the character are inseparable. Laying it in stone means holding that unbroken line across thirty six separate gems. Every stone is placed by hand onto suede, framed in solid wood, and set on its own engraved stand. Suited to a home, a gurdwara room, an office, or as a Gurpurab gift, a Sikh wedding gift, or a griha pravesh gift for a Sikh family. In the tradition, peridot is a stone of Budh, associated with intellect, clarity and clear speech. This is a traditional association rather than a claim about what the stone will do. This is an object for a room, not a stone to be worn. Made in small numbers in New Delhi, certified, insured and gift boxed.
The symbol
Ek Onkar opens the Guru Granth Sahib and states its central idea before anything else is said: there is one. The numeral one and the character are written without lifting the pen, because the meaning is indivisible. Reproducing that unbroken line using separate stones is the difficulty and the point of the piece.
How it is made
Thirty four peridot rounds at 4 mm forming the body of the character, with two pears at 4 by 6 mm closing the long tail where the stroke narrows to a point. Rounds give a beaded, even line; the two pears are the only stones that taper, and they are placed last. Laid by hand onto cream suede, framed in solid wood, engraved base.
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Questions about this piece
Peridot is a clear spring green, cooler and more formal, and it reads crisply from across a room. Citrine is a warm amber gold that glows against the cream suede rather than contrasting with it, which makes the citrine version the softer of the two.