Solid Sterling Silver Hammered Band Pendant-Franny and Zooey

These were created as part of our 'memory' series which plays with ways to hold onto memory and keep loved ones close.The form used for these hammered silver bands was inspired from bird bands used in the act of migratory bird banding/mapping. Each band is inscribed with text.

This specific style includes 2 pieces, and is impressed with text from the Franny section from J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. Other band styles are inscribed with different texts from music and literature.

The phrase inscribed was chosen from the heroine, Franny's, near obsession with a custom she learns of while reading "The way of the Pilgrim". Her fascination is with the Pilgrim's belief that if one repeats a prayer enough times it will become synchronized with the beat of one's own heart so one will pray forever without ceasing. Franny points out that the word 'mercy' is a particularly poignant word for this custom, as it can mean so many things. She also makes reference to the similar Buddhist custom of repeating "Namu Amida Butsu", and the practice of the verbal meditation 'Om'.

The inscription hammered into this piece is the last sentence from Franny's section of Franny and Zooey, and reads:

"HER LIPS BEGAN TO MOVE, FORMING SOUNDLESS WORDS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE".

Inside this band, rests a smaller band inscribed with the word "MERCY" repeated around the entire band.

The larger band is approximately 1" wide x 5/8" in diameter.
The smaller band is approximately 3/4" wide x 3/8" in diameter.

Both bands hang on the same 30" sterling silver chain that would hang approximately above one's heart.

(designed 2010)