I

We charge it through benign rituals: a wedding ring slipped on the left hand upon waking, a talisman chained above the heart before stepping out, a chunky ring on the middle finger to feel the weight of the hand. Debashi recognises that these small daily habits are the same practices used to inundate relics with the sentimentality they carry across generations. Meaning collects in the object through daily repetition, and the object becomes our recourse. A piece of jewellery becomes an externalisation of what the body cannot always afford to hold on its own: protection, devotion, beauty, love. Debashi builds jewellery in the shape of a future relic, ready for your anointment.

II

Metal is not inherently tough or sturdy or flawless; it is soft, mouldable, flexible, vulnerable and fragile. It comes from the earth raw, charged over thousands of years, and to refine it without honouring those origins does it a disservice. From metal to gems, all components of jewellery are ensouled.

III

Jewellery made for protection, carried with deliberate weight. By making pieces heavy, Debashi gives them gravity that forces the wearer to move differently and to keep returning, referentially, to the piece itself and what it symbolises. That heaviness becomes a constant dialogue, a reminder of the grounded-ness which keeps us human.