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Omyoki offers a line of ethnic jewelry in fair trade silver. Handmade jewelry by talented artisans that we have sought out in the heart of Asia, in India, Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia.
The style of our ethnic jewelry is largely influenced by Indian arabesques. Most of our creations have been designed in collaboration with artists from Rajasthan, a region of northern India renowned for its expertise in goldsmithing and stone cutting. You will also find original pieces made by Karen tribes from northern Thailand and other jewelry with perfumes from elsewhere.
With Omyoki you choose ethical fashion and contribute to fair trade. You buy handmade jewelry by artisans from developing countries and thus support local crafts and families of small artisans.
We work with selected artisans, and we have visited each workshop to ensure good quality working conditions, no child employment, and respect for each artisan. Omyoki offers fair prices, both for artisans and for its customers. This is how we commit to fair trade.
Ethnic silver jewelry
Our ethnic jewelry perfumes elsewhere are compositions in 925 silver and natural stones. Most of the semi-precious stones come from the jewelry making region. We favored moonstone, rose quartz, labradorite, turquoise and other natural stones from India and surroundings.
Fall on bohemian or more refined designs! Creations made with care and combining ethnic style and contemporary Western fashion.
Kyanite, virtues and benefits
Kyanite or kyanite is also called kyanite. Its name was given to it by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789. It comes from the Greek "kuanos" or "blue". Kyanite is colorless and owes its famous blue color to the presence of chromium. Its color then varies from blue to purple, passing through green, yellow, pink, white, brown and gray. The main deposits of are located in Brazil, Nepal, but also in Austria, Kenya, Myanmar, Zimbabwe.
Properties of kyanite
Kyanite is the stone of "letting go". It is a stone of intuition and self-acceptance. Soothing for buried anxieties and fears, kyanite promotes deep and restorative sleep for both mind and body.
Anecdote
Kyanite is a stone sensitive to shocks and makes it a little stone used in jewelry. Yet some Asian cultures make jewelry in kyanite, for its virtues. The result is spectacular considering the aesthetics of the stone.
Maintenance of your gemstones
Kyanite or cyanite has a hardness of 4 to 5 on the faces of the prism and 6 to 7 transversely. It is a note on 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a semi-precious stone that is relatively fragile and sensitive to shocks.
To maintain your kyanite stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this delicate semi-precious stone.
Fair trade jewelry
Omyoki offers kyanite jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Our kyanite jewelry
Hemimorphite, virtues and benefits
Hemimorphite is a fine stone, transparent to translucent, with colors ranging from colorless to white, yellow, gray, blue, purple, pink, green and brown. A quality hemimorphite stone is usually blue or green, and has some similarities to chrysocolla, smithsonite, and turquoise. The main hemimorphites lie in Australia, Algeria, Mexico, and Namibia.
Properties of hemimorphite
Lithotherapy is a gem used for the treatment of detox, to cleanse and purify the liver and blood. It improves healing and reduces dermatological problems. Hemimorphite is a stone of inner calm. It opens us to communication with our deep self and others.
Anecdote
Hemimorphite is an important source of zinc, since it contains more than 50%. It has two peculiarities, it is pyroelectric (electrically charged when heated) and piezoelectric (electrically charged when rubbed).
Stones and chakras
Hemimorphite can be used for the heart chakra and throat chakra.
Maintenance of your gemstones
Hemimorphite has a hardness of 5 on 10, 10 being the hardest stone, diamond. It is a semi-precious stone that is relatively fragile and sensitive to shocks.
To maintain your hemimorphite stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this delicate semi-precious stone.
Fair trade jewelry
Omyoki offers hemimorphite jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
The lotus flower
The lotus flower, a Buddhist metaphor
The lotus flower represents a Buddhist metaphor. This beautiful flower blossoms in the middle of swamps, which represents the possibility for any individual to reach enlightenment, whatever his or her starting environment. The lotus draws its beauty from the darkness of the mud, which makes a reference to the Buddha who decided to give up his life of prince after seeing the old age and the death of his eyes. The lotus flower can symbolize the path of enlightenment:
• roots, purely material and below the surface of the water.
• leaves that open with the day above the surface of the water.
• Finally, the majestic flower that emerges from the heart and could be assimilated to enlightenment.
The lotus flower is related to the rebirth and development of the spirit. It symbolizes spiritual growth and the ability to rise beyond the obstacles of life.
Botany & history
As one of the oldest flowers on Earth and not much changed since its appearance, the lotus flower is paradoxically at the center of the most recent technological research ... It is its leaves that interest the researchers the most, and in particular their hydrophobic and self-cleaning properties, which allow them to remove all soils, even the most stubborn. This is the "lotus effect" due to a combination of electrical and physical properties at the nanometer scale, which makes the drops of water unable to adhere to the sheet, roll on it carrying away soiling. Researchers are now able to make self-cleaning windows inspired by these properties.
The sacred lotus also surprised scientists a few years ago because of the exceptional longevity of its seeds. In China, they found lotus seeds older than 1 000 in the dry bed of an ancient lake. They put them in cultivation ... and they managed to germinate them! This property is undoubtedly due to the hardness and the tightness of the envelope which protects the seeds.
They finally found that the sacred lotus flowers are "thermoregulatory": during the pollination period, they generate heat and can increase the ambient temperature up to 30 ° C! This would be a mechanism selected during evolution to attract pollinating animals.
Lotus Flower Jewelry
Omyoki offers Lotus Flower jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Our Lotus Flower jewelry
Properties of pink quartz
Among the properties of pink quartz, the main one is to catalyze love and serenity. It is a fine stone in peach colors with shades ranging from pale pink to deep pink, with varying degrees of transparency. Quartz is very present all over the planet and pink quartz is not a rare stone. The main deposits of pink quartz are found in Brazil and Madagascar, but also in India, Sri Lanka, Europe ...
Properties of pink quartz in lithotherapy
In lithotherapy, rose quartz symbolizes love, initiation and serenity. Rose quartz fights against inflammation of the genital system, such as the tubes, ovaries. It removes anxieties, depressions, insomnia. Rose quartz is considered a comforter, it is believed to heal both physical and emotional wounds. Its contact reassures, reinforces self-confidence and the capacity to accept oneself as one is.
Anecdote
In the Greeks, pink quartz was the symbol of Initiation. For Muslims, it is contemplation and for the Indians it would be the stone of maternal deity.
Stones and chakras
Rose quartz can be used on the heart chakra.
Maintenance of pink quartz
Pink quartz has a hardness of 7 on 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a fine stone relatively resistant to small shocks.
To maintain your pink quartz stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.
Rose quartz & fair trade jewelry
Omyoki offers rose quartz jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Discover our rose quartz jewelry
Benefit from the properties of rose quartz by wearing it as jewelry. Ideally, it should be in direct contact with your skin with a rose quartz bracelet or pendant. But having this natural stone on you, in a ring or earrings will also release its properties.
Turquoise, properties and virtues
You are crazy about jewelry in turquoise ? This stone is a gemstone that has been used for thousands of years by different cultures around the world. Tibetans have a long history of using the turquoise. They consider the stone to be a symbol of protection and good fortune. Tibetans believe that the turquoise has the ability to protect against negative forces and diseases, and are often used to make amulets and talismans. Jewelry made of turquoise remain very popular among Tibetans who wear it as ring, in a signet ring or in the form of a Dzi (pronounced zee) an oblong-shaped pendant.
Turquoise, properties and virtues
Turquoise offers a variety of colors ranging from light blue to dark blue, veined with black. Turquoise deposits are found in many countries: Tibet, China, Iran, Afghanistan, Mexico, United States (Arizona), Chile, Australia, Israel, Tanzania. Very present in Buddhist, Nepalese, or Tibetan, it symbolizes material and spiritual wealth. Turquoise blue in Buddhism represents the life of humans in their life / death duality and earth / sky wisdom.
lithotherapy
In lithotherapy, turquoise is an emblem of courage. This semi-precious stone is also considered to be a source of well-being. It is also a symbol of wisdom. It arouses the nobility of feelings, indulgence and generosity.
Anecdote
The etymology of the name "turquoise" comes from Turkish stone, because it is in Turkey that the Europeans found it (and that although the mineral was imported from Iran). She gave her name to the turquoise color.
Stones and chakras
Turquoise can be used on the neck and throat chakra.
Maintenance of turquoise
Turquoise has a hardness of 5 to 6 out of 10, with 10 being the hardest stone, diamond. Its friable structure makes it delicate to work in jewelry and sensitive to shocks. It is a porous natural stone, it is sensitive to perfumes, to perspiration (jewelry in contact with the skin), to household products, all of which can alter its color.
To maintain your turquoise stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.
Turquoise & fair trade jewelry
Omyoki offers turquoise jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India, Nepal and Tibetan communities. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Discover our turquoise jewelry
Labradorite properties and virtues
Labradorite is a semi-precious gray-black stone with intense blue highlights. A stone of character, whose essence blue highlights are raging at the moment.
Labradorite properties and virtues
lithotherapy
In lithotherapy labradorite is the stone of protection par excellence, forming a barrier against mental pollution. It absorbs negative energies to protect the wearer. Labradorite is the Yin stone for its opening and Yang for its radiance. Labradorite is a stone that brings balance, helps to overcome stress and promotes intellect, inspiration and intuition. In terms of health labradorite is used to balance the disorders related to the digestive system, as well as hormonal and menstrual disorders. It is also effective for stimulating the muscular system and the blood circulation.
Anecdote
The name of labradorite comes from the area in which it was discovered, Labrador, in northern Canada.
Stones and chakras
Labradorite can be used on the solar plexus chakra to promote friendships and relationships with others. Applied to the 3rd eye chakra, it solicits intellectual properties and intuition.
Maintenance of labradorite
Labradorite has a hardness of 6 / 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a natural stone quite sensitive to shocks.
To maintain your labradorite stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.
Labradorite & fair trade jewelry
Omyoki offers labradorite jewelry, designed in France and then handmade by talented artisans in India. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. This video puts in image, this history of know-how and craftsmen.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Discover our labradorite jewelry
Benefit from the properties of labradorite by wearing it as a jewel. The ideal is that it is in direct contact with your skin with a labradorite bracelet or a pendant. But having this natural stone on you, in a ring or in earrings will also release its properties.
Amethyst, properties and virtues
Amethyst is a beautiful pale purple to pale purple stone. The light passing through this semi-precious stone embellishes it and enhances its limpidity. Amethyst jewels are often made of silver because these two materials marry perfectly. Crimped stones are often full and rarely pruned.
Amethyst, properties and virtues
In lithotherapy, amethyst is used to fight excess (alcohol, drugs, tobacco ...). Stone of plenitude, it is particularly suitable for hyperactive and stressed. It promotes spiritual elevation, concentration, meditation, intuition, creativity and visualization. Amethyst helps to detach from material futility.
Anecdote
The name of the stone comes from the Greek "Amethustos" which means "who is not drunk". The Greeks and Romans drank from cups of amethyst to protect themselves from the effects of alcohol.
Stones and chakras
Amethyst can be used for the solar plexus chakra to soothe gastric pain and contribute to the proper functioning of the liver. It can also be used with the basic chakra to calm anxiety and anger.
Amethyst maintenance
Amethyst has a hardness of 7 / 10, 10 being the hardest stone, the diamond. It is a natural stone moderately sensitive to shocks.
To maintain your amethyst stones just wash them with clear water. Professional ultrasonic cleaning of jewelery is not recommended for this semi-precious stone.
Designer jewelry & fair trade
Omyoki offers amethyst jewelry, handmade and made by artisans from India, Nepal, and Tibet. Original creations, in limited editions, and sometimes in unique pieces. To learn more, read our article which illustrates this story of know-how and artisans.
Each workshop was visited, to check the working conditions, the quality of life and the fair remuneration of the craftsmen. A personal relationship has been established with each artisan, around countless teas and spending hours chatting, as it should be in Asian countries.
Discover our amethyst jewelry
Maintaining brass jewelry
The maintenance of brass jewelry requires a little more attention than gold jewelry, only stainless metal. Brass is a combination of pink copper and gray zinc, it has a natural matte yellow color that gives it a slight vintage look. Like 925 silver, brass oxidizes in contact with the air and over time. Oxidation is a surface phenomenon and it is easy to overcome, in order to keep its brass jewelry bursting.
Care Tips Brass Jewelry
The two main things to do for proper care of brass jewelry are to store them in pouches or a jewelry box, and to protect them from contact with acidic substances. Here are some additional tips:
- Remove your brass jewelry for cleaning, sports, or going to the pool
- Drop your perfume drops away from the contact areas with your jewelry
- Prefer a neutral pH soap (if you do not remove your jewelry in the shower!)
- Remove your brass jewelry to sleep if your skin is acid (acid skin = your jewelry darken very fast)
Why does brass jewelry tarnish?
Unlike gold, the surface of brass tarnishes over time. Oxidation is a natural phenomenon, but certain factors accelerate it, let's see which ones:
- PH acidic skin.
The PH of the skin varies from one person to another and depending on what is consumed. In fact, the PH will be more acidic if the person consumes acidic foods or alcoholic beverages. - The contact of brass jewelry with
- acid perspiration
- cosmetics,
- perfumes,
- maintenance products,
- chlorinated pool water
- a very humid air
Cleaning and maintenance of brass jewelry
The main idea for cleaning brass jewelry is to remove the thin layer of brass tarnished by oxidation (contact with oxygen).
The recipes of grandmothers
- Baking soda
Place the baking soda on a previously wet toothbrush and rub gently. - Ash of cold wood
Same as bicarbonate - White vinegar
Soak your silver jewels in white vinegar. Leave 2 for hours. - Lemon juice
Dip a toothbrush into squeezed lemon juice and rub gently.
The tricks of modern times
- Coca
Soak your silver jewelry in coca, for 1 minute. Wash them with soapy water and rinse thoroughly. - Toothpaste
Cover the silver jewelry with toothpaste and let sit 30 minutes.
Attention, the maintenance of brass jewelry is not at all the same if it includes semi-precious stones. Indeed, it will be necessary to bypass the stones so as not to damage them! Their chemical composition might not at all appreciate a treatment reserved for brass.
If your brass jewelry has stones, use a toothbrush, a soft cloth and a dose of patience. If necessary, a little elbow grease will suffice.
Remember to use a chamois or microfiber type cloth to avoid scratching the brass.
Professional Maintenance Products
There are products dedicated to jewelry, such as Hagerty products, a brand specializing in the care of jewelry and precious objects. These items range from 7 to 10 euros.
Omyoki brass jewelry
Omyoki makes a point of honor to offer quality jewelry. Our golden creations are made with quality and treated brass. We have chosen not to gold plate our golden jewelry because the plating deteriorates quickly and we prefer that our jewelry lasts over time. In addition, brass is a material with a pretty gold color. It is an alloy of pink copper and gray zinc, with a natural matte yellow color that gives it a slight vintage look.
Contrary to popular belief, brass is not allergenic. In fact, it is very rare for people to be allergic to this metal. In reality, it is the presence of nickel, in large quantities, that poses a problem and caused a scandal years ago, before there was any real regulation of the composition of jewelry.
The Omyoki brass jewelry are mostly handmade. Those that come from presses (simple and full shapes) benefit from handmade finishes. Brass has been used in jewelry for hundreds of years. It was mainly Indian craftsmen who initiated this use, which later became common. Having become very trendy today, brass jewelry is all the rage!
Fair trade
Omyoki is committed to a fundamental approach, all our jewelry is manufactured and sold in a fair trade logic. We work with artisans from developing countries, with whom a unique relationship has been established. Each workshop has been visited to ensure working conditions and fair compensation is paid. The jewelry is created to accompany the hard work of small workshops, women's groups, or the work of local artists from developing countries. Our goal is to provide work in areas less favored than ours and to improve the lives of artists and their families.
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