Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. Lydia, an inland kingdom of western Asia Minor, where the first coins were minted.This coin type, was in all likelihood the world's first, minted by King Alyattes in Sardis, Lydia, Asia Minor (present-day Turkey).

Inspired by the Gypsy women Olivia saw in Istanbul from Syria and Eastern Europe. An ode to their free, wild spirits.

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

"Nos Visages" means "Our faces" in French.An abstract representation of the beautiful, unique human face.

Labradorite, the stone as varied as the sky, is known for its startling play of colours. It is said to awaken the magic within. It is a transit point between the heavens and the Earth.

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art.

These earrings combine the delicate beauty of a flower, with precious lapis lazuli stones. In between these two elements lies the coinage of Ancient Egyptian queen, Arsinoe. Arsinoe was a picture of strength during her reign. She was a mystical woman, and an initiate into rituals of the Great Gods of Samothrace. She was even venerated as a deity after her death by her subjects. At the same time she was a regnant endowed with incredible intelligence, who corresponded with many scholars throughout her life.

Often referred to as the Love Stone, rose quartz is known for its passionate, romantic qualities. It is a high energy stone, especially when surrounded by the rays of sun that adorn the lower half of the Gul Pendant. Although rose quartz is capable of bringing love into your life through others, its way of opening the Heart Chakra will also remind you to love yourself openly and fully.

Ancient Greek coins are shrouded in history. The rulers whose faces are imprinted upon them give not only their countenance, but the aura of their power to these rare objects. Here the coin is held aloft by delicate metalwork. It sits atop a precious Lepidolite stone.

The front face of this pendant represents a Roman charioteer in profile, while the rear depicts the sport itself. Chariot-racing was deeply connected in symbolism to the respect for nature - in fact the chariots raced around a central disc representing the sun. Eggs and dolphins marked the seven circuits that the charioteers made - the first representing Neptune, God of horses and sea; the second being sacred to Castor and Pollux. Charioteers were incredibly hardy and brave - the carried knives on their belts to cut themselves free from their leather reins should they fall from the carriage.

Her warm vibration will protect you on your path.

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

The Queen Artemesia was ruler of sea and shore in ancient Greek Halicarnassus. She protected her people fiercely in battle, made wise alliances, and provided defence and safety. Named after the Goddess of the hunt, her image offers a shield to whoever wears it, while also cloaking one in resilience and fortitude of spirit. This is supported by the fleur-de-lis which crowns the coin - an arabesque which represents warrior-like power in ancient Western and Eastern cultures.

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. 

The ancient coin changed hands from merchant, to aristocrat, from mother, to queen. Such is the history of the coin, not simply of the grand stories of its age-old provenance, but also the personal. These are the artifacts of our past, that we carry with us as a reminder of tradition, culture, and connectedness across time and space.

The moon has always been a symbol of the woman. We find this mysterious relationship between the three phases of the Moon, the seasonal rhythms of the Earth, and the three stages in a woman's life. All of this we can find symbolically depicted in the lunar image of the Goddess. She represented the primary image that influenced nearly all concepts of Deity for at least 20,000 years. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art. In Ancient Greece, the Gorgoneion (Greek: Γοργόνειον) was a special apotropaic amulet showing the Gorgon head, used most famously by the Olympian deities Athena and Zeus: both are said to have worn the gorgoneion as a protective pendant. 

Olivia sources ancient and rare coins from the back streets of the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey. She re-creates designs with them to make modern-day, wearable art.