Baldhart Ring shoes hand laser-cut into an intricate

hand laser-cut into an intricate pattern of flowers

and what she builds

I was looking at an old illustration of a spider's web caught in morning light

or wear it against bare skin for that ancient

Baldhart Ring shoes hand laser-cut into an intricateTHE STORY I was in my village one autumn and I bent down to pick up a leaf from the ground. Not because I had a reason to, just because it caught my eye. It was large and dark, its edges curled and uneven, its surface marked with small dots and dents from the rain, from time, from just being itself. I held it in my hand and thought, this is already a piece of jewelry. It does not need anything added to it. It just needs to be worn. That leaf, that