Swift Copper Bracelet

There's a kind of movement that doesn't need to go anywhere; it moves simply because that's its nature. That's what I thought the first time I bound these wires together. Swift felt right the moment I saw how the strands caught the light.

I gather eight fine copper wires by hand, alternating a few smooth ones with a few hand-textured in a diamond-cut pattern, then bind them side by side so they hold their shape as one band. Each end gets its own wrapped sleeve before I attach the rounded cap; that alone takes longer than people expect.

Copper has been worn close to the skin for thousands of years, long before anyone called it wellbeing. People come back to it the way they come back to something that has simply always worked for them.

I hope this one moves with you the way it moved with me through ordinary days, towards whatever comes next. It's looking for the wrist that's ready for it.

Material: 99.9% Pure Copper