About Anaxios
How is it made?
Anaxios is a brand created to keep hand-fabricated jewelry alive. Hand fabrication is an art that began over 7,000 years ago, and with modern jewelry-making techniques, such as computer-assisted technology, it is quickly dying out due to its slower and less efficient process. Hand-fabricated jewelry is created by hammering, shaping, and cutting metal; it is then soldered together with a torch, filed, sanded, and finally polished to create each piece. Anaxios will only ever be made in solid metals like silver and gold, jewelry that is made to last. Because our future generations deserve jewelry with real worth that won't change color when we wear it and can always be repaired and worn for many generations to come.
What does Anaxios mean?
Anaxios means unworthy in Greek, inspired by the fact that I believe we are unworthy of all things created for us and given to us, and that we are all unworthy of each other's love. Anaxios is deeply inspired by my own love for Byzantine-style jewelry as well as Russian and Middle Eastern jewelry from antiquity. You will see techniques like granulation used often, gemstones used like garnets and pearls, and a multitude of crosses made.
“There is only one salvation for you: take yourself up, and make yourself responsible for all the sins of men. For indeed it is so, my friend, and the moment you make yourself sincerely responsible for everything and everyone, you will see at once that it is really so, that it is you who are guilty on behalf of all and for all. Whereas by shifting your own laziness and powerlessness onto others, you will end by sharing in Satan's pride and murmuring against God." ―
