We all yearn for love in one way or another, after all, love is a greater mystery than death. After being in solitude for some amount of time, I was inspired to create a collection that is dedicated to this force that continues to inspire us and leave us in awe.

I didn’t set out to create such a collection, but it felt like the right timing to do so, and it gradually grew into this form - to inspire love, help people to meet their ideal counterpart, and to maintain good relationships.

What is a world without love? Can you imagine that?

Love - it feels so intangible. What does love look like to you? What does it smell like? If you can touch it, how would it feel? How does it taste? Can you hear the sound of love? Can you sense it in the air?

Love is beauty, the world becomes dull and grey without it, static and still, uninspiring. 

For those who seek love, I present my first-ever talismanic collection to you. 

Inspired by jewellery designs of the Romantic period from the Victorian Era, entirely handcrafted by me. Each piece features a ceramic charm with silver glaze, fired 3 times in the kiln, upon it a forget me not motive engraved in the middle symbolizing deep love and connection, complemented with five pearlescent seeds forming a cross of faith and loyalty, attached on a velvet ribbon ending with a silver clasp. 

Upon creating the charm, I visited two local sites that are famous for relationships and matters of love in our local folk tradition to receive blessings for this work. The Lover’s Rock in Mid-Levels and Lung Mo Temple in Peng Chau respectively.

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Incense ashes from their altar and dirt from the land were collected with permission of these sacred places, they are used along with other herbs in the creation of these talismans for support and then consecrated with the blessed water of the Lung Mo Temple according to the Trolldom tradition.

I first went to the Lovers’ Rock on the 6th day of the first lunar month, which is thought to be the most auspicious date to ask for blessings throughout the whole year. Prior to my trip to Wan Chai, I initially thought it is the phallic like stone being worshipped. After arriving, I scryed at the area and found two spirits that were said to have committed suicide and now residing there and blessing people who came to pray for love and fertility. As instructed by the spirits, I gave my offerings with the help of the family who’s been managing this place for generations since the 50s. 

I was reassured they would grant any wish on love and relationships, not only limited to romantic partners but all spheres including work, family, platonic, finance and safety. They were very straightforward and kind. 

Before the first full moon of the first lunar month, I went to the Lung Mo Temple, also called Yuet Lung Sing Yuen on Peng Chau, famed for her ability to give blessings for fertility, this goddess was brought to Hong Kong by a woman, Ms. Chung, after receiving a prophetic dream to build a temple in her name in the 40s, and moved to the current address in the 70s with good feng shui.

Lung Mo aka the Dragon Mother is a river spirit, hailed from Guangzhou since the Warring Period, with legends of her being extremely accurate on fortune-telling, also famed for her ability to bless for fertility in the current practice of worship of this deity.

After greeting the mother, I gave my offerings and asked for permission for blessings, she promptly agreed. Since this deity is a non-human spirit, she seems to possess a different quality and characteristic than the couple at the Lovers’ Rock, although she gives blessings and protections, her understanding of the human emotions, wishes and prayers is different.

Two black dogs were seen since my landing on the island, and 5 black birds later on the beach next to the Lung Mo Temple. I consider those good omens for the blessings that I received from the spirit for my petition.

Since this is a private temple which is not government run, it is managed by a family, now at their third generation. After chatting with the auntie who’s currently managing it, she told me she originally came to petition for a partner and then got married to the son of the said family and now she’s also helping out.

A deep realization of the preciousness of this force which continues to nurture and inspire us to live, the motion it creates brings great gratitude to the end of the process of creating these charms.

Five of these talismans were made, each carrying the blessings and energies from my pilgrimage.

Purchase here.

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每個人都以某種方式渴望著愛情—— 畢竟，愛，比死亡更具神秘感。我本來並沒有打算要創作這樣的系列，但在今年初的時候感到時機也許剛好，所以在經過一段時間的獨處後，我受到了啟發去創作一個獻給這種不斷地激勵我們，和令我們驚嘆的力量的作品。而這個護符系列的靈感也逐漸成形—— 以長期的健康關係為目標， 讓使用者能吸引合適的伴侶，守護並培養良好的關係。

愛—— 聽起來如此無形。對你來說，愛是一個什麼模樣？它的氣味是怎樣的？如果能夠觸摸得到，你會感受到什麼？它的味道是怎樣的？你能聽到愛的聲音嗎？你能感受到在空氣中流動的愛嗎？

愛是美麗的，你能夠想像沒有愛的世界會是什麼樣子嗎？當失去了它，世界將變得靜止不動，缺乏靈感而黯淡無光。

尋找愛的人們，我現在向你們展示我首次創作的飾物護符系列。

作品靈感來自維多利亞時代前期的浪漫主義，由我設計及製作。護符設計成choker，即頸圈式頸鏈，護符吊飾以陶瓷製作，表面塗上了銀釉，在窯內經過三次反複燒製燒成。吊飾中央的圖案是勿忘我花，花語是永恆的愛，象徵著深厚的愛與連結。五顆如珍珠般色澤的種子形成代表信仰與忠誠的十字架，以銀扣懸掛在黑色的天鵝絨緞帶上。

為了創作這些護符，我特地前往了兩個香港著名的聖地，祈請祝福，以帶來良緣和穩固的關係。這兩個地點分別是位於灣仔半山的姻緣石和坪洲的龍母廟。

我收集了這兩個地點的祭壇上的香灰和泥土，然後根據北歐的Trolldom 傳統將這些材料與其他草藥一起使用於護身符中，並以龍母廟的龍水進行祝聖儀式。

我在今年農曆新年初六之日前往姻緣石，這被認為是一年內祈求祝福的最佳日子。原本以為像生殖器般的大石是被崇拜的對象，當我抵達後，我在那裡進行了靈視，發現有兩個據說是自殺的靈魂現在居住在那裡，他們被稱為石公婆，並祝福前來祈求獲得姻緣、生育和保護的幸運的人們。經過石公婆的指引，我在目前於姻緣石打理拜祭事務的家族的幫助下進行了供奉儀式和許願。這個家族由50 年代的時候就一直在這邊自發幫忙。

靈們直率而且友善，他們告訴我，無論是愛情還是其他任何有關於關係的範疇，包括工作、家庭、友情、財運和平安等願望，他們都會協助實現。

另外在農曆新年的滿月之前，我前往了龍母廟，另名悅龍聖苑，這裡以摸龍母床求子和求姻緣聞名。這位女神是由一位姓鍾的女士由廣東帶到香港的，她在40 年代做了一個預言夢，受到龍母的感召，從悦城的龍母祖廟帶回聖物創建神壇，並在70 年代搬到風水良好的坪洲現址買地建廟。

龍母是水神，自戰國時期以來就有她的傳說，由於能夠預知人間禍福，故被奉為神靈。她在當代的信仰文化中也作為祈求子嗣生育與姻緣和合的祝福靈驗而聞名。

抵達坪洲後，我看到了兩隻黑狗，後來在龍母廟旁的沙灘上還看到了五隻黑色的鳥。我將這些視為我收到的祝福的一些好兆頭。

當天我根據禮儀進行了供奉祭拜並向龍母請求祝福，她也欣然同意了。由於這位女神是一個非人類的靈魂，她屬於水，似乎擁有與留駐在姻緣石的靈魂不同的特質；雖然她也會給予祝福和保護，但她對於人類的情感和願望的理解是不同的。

由於這是一座非政府營運的私人廟宇，自建廟後由一同個家族管理，如今已經是第三代。在與當天負責廟內事務的女士聊天時，她告訴我，她最初是來這𥚃祈求愛情的，後來認識了而且嫁給了該家族的兒子，現在婚後一起幫忙打理廟宇。

創作這系列的護符期間的過程所接觸到的事物和經歷令我對愛這種力量有了深刻的認識和反思，它不斷地透過不同的方式展現、啟發和滋養著我們的生命，帶來流動。而我為這種珍貴和感動有著深深的感激。

這個愛的護符系列總共製作了五個，每個都承載著我的祝福與整個旅程的能量。

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