Jewelry can transform our entire look in an instance. It says something about who we are as a person, what our personality is like, what sense of fashion we have and which current trend we like. But some jewelry items can be much more than that, and can express a deeper and more spiritual side of us, that is an integral part of who we are.
Our world has always been a very spiritual place. No matter what religion we belong to, we each have our own spiritual preference and practices. As human beings, our common ground is that we are all trying to create a better spiritual connection with ourselves and with the world as a whole.
Since spirituality is very personal and intimate subject; we each choose to express it in a different and unique way. Some may express it in their home dיcor, others in the clothes they wear and some people use jewelry to express and feel closer to their own faith.
Faith
With jewelry, we can each proudly display our personal faith with stunning and fashionable items. Whether it is a beautifully designed cross necklace or Hamsa bracelet, what better way to show what we believe in?! As a jewelry designer, spiritual jewelry is defiantly something you should consider designing, with the thought in mind of the kind of items that would be relevant to your customers.
Designing spiritual jewelry can be an easy task if you have same new ideas and materials to work with. You can think about using unique shapes, colors and spiritual elements such as a cross, Star of David or crescent - all ancient religious and spiritual symbols - to create timeless spiritual pieces of jewelry.
Symbols
By combining meaningful symbols that carry such a personal and deep meaning into your jewelry designs, you will able to create an intimate jewelry line which has a deep and meaningful look that people can proudly wear. Religion and other spiritual believe are something that is passed down from one generation to the next and this gives these symbols a very personal connection to family and community as well.
Timeless
Spiritual jewelry is also the kind of items that will never go out of fashion. There is always a high demand for spiritual and religious jewelry, no matter the current trends or time of the year, even more during the various religious holiday seasons.
Trends
If you are looking to create spiritual jewelry that is also up with the latest trends, you can look at new trends that are now very relevant. At the moment, for example, following the recent release of the new Kenzo perfume, there is a strong and reoccurring trend revolving around the "eye" concept. The eye is known to scare off the evil spirits in all religions, which means it appeals to almost anyone spiritual! You can use items that you already have and add small eye pedants on them, or create new ones with the eye element as the main in them.
Ideas
There are many spiritual and religious symbols you can use in your designs, here are a few ideas you can get some inspiration from: Star of David pendant on a nickel necklace, a large cross pendant with rhinestones on a gold necklace, charm bracelets with eye, cross or Hamsa charms embedded with blue crystals, disk necklace pendants with iconic religious characters like Buddha, Jesus or Maria, wishbones, clovers, eternal eight, tree of life, dream catchers and the list goes on and on!
Since there are so many symbols to use that combining a few of them together could be a great idea, just make sure you put the right symbols with the right meanings together! Whatever symbols and designs you to choose to work with, this is defiantly your opportunity to create a meaningful and spiritual jewelry collection for your customers to enjoy and that offers them additional value - something they can truly connect to!