Fox Ring

A sterling silver fox ring with a long muzzle and smoke-like curls in its fur.

The ring began with a fox rattle filled with steppe herbs. In the tradition Mariia describes, a baby’s maternal uncle makes the rattle and calls the fox spirit through fire to watch over the child’s sleep. The smoke appears in the curls along the fox’s fur, brows and ears. In making the ring, Mariia keeps close the wish that the fox might still guard her sleep.