Rice Cluster Pendant

一嚿飯 (yat gau faan): a humble lump of rice turns into a stunning Rice Cluster Pendant. This double entendre piece embodies the modern cluster design through overlapping grains of hand carved silver rice, while subtly referencing the Cantonese slang phrase to mean “being a lump” — often used as an endearingly familial, somewhat cute, and at times self-deprecating insult. This piece takes the feeling of general ennui and reimagines it as something beautiful.

The clusters then go through a process of depletion gilding—a methodical technique of repeatedly heating and immersing the piece in acid. This leaves a beautiful white layer of pure, fine silver on the surface, emulating pearly white grains of rice. 

A Black Rice version of this classic stud is also available, made using oxidised sterling silver. 

The Rice Cluster hangs on a delicate 40cm/18" trace chain. 

Material: Sterling silver