Joseph Brooks citrine quartz Crystal necklace, $550 © Ivona Chrzastek Her intention? “To weave blessings into the bones of each piece.” (She also involves couples in that process for bespoke engagement and wedding rings.) In California, the horseshoe-magnet motif in former acupuncturist Sig Ward’s gold Manifest collection symbolically channels the outcomes we desire.
It features precious stones with unusual inclusions that confer an ancient, earthy character and Ellenwood sings healing mantras as she works. In Britain, Shakti Ellenwood’s distinctive gold jewellery was conceived to “comfort the body as well as the heart”. “People are looking for much larger pieces – I don’t do demure – and it’s all about healing and protection.”
“It’s gone crazy this year,” says Brooks, who has been a mineral obsessive since childhood. Fans come for the “warm, golden energy of the sun” in citrine the “super-powerful protective energy of dense black tourmalines” and when they’re feeling “hectic”, for the “calming, grounding” effects of glacial aquamarine. These days it’s not rock but his natural, untreated crystal and stone jewellery, worn by Diane von Furstenberg and Lenny Kravitz, creating good vibrations. “If you’re authentic, people are drawn to that.” “I only carried records I liked and played what I believed in,” he says. The Hollywood-based former DJ and founder of the Vinyl Fetish record store was one of the first to introduce U2 and The Cure to the US and helped Guns N’ Roses get signed.
Whether it’s turquoise from a small family mine in the Arizona desert or citrine quartz from a tiny town in Brazil, Joseph Brooks handpicks his raw materials the way he once chose his records.
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