El Guardián — The Guardian

EL GUARDIÁN

Guardians & Gates Collection 

THE LEGEND

The mythology of The House of Grace Huxley — clearly fictional, deeply felt.

In the ancient city where the Avenue of the Dead meets the Pyramid of the Moon, the priests wore faces that were not their own. Obsidian masks. Volcanic glass shaped into features that watched without blinking, that saw what human eyes refused to see.

They called them los guardianes — the guardians. Not protectors of temples or treasure. Protectors of thresholds. The places where one world becomes another.

When Teotihuacan fell silent — when its 200,000 people vanished in ways archaeologists still cannot explain — the obsidian remained. Buried in volcanic soil. Waiting in the earth like seeds that remember what kind of tree they came from.

Fifteen hundred years later, a craftsman in San Miguel de Allende lifts a small carved face from his worktable. The features are ancient. The brass spirals he wraps around it are new. The combination is something that has never existed before — and will never exist again.

The guardian has found its gate.

THE STORY

I almost missed it.

Alan's table was covered with his wire-wrapped pieces — the crystals, the fossils, the work I'd come back to San Miguel specifically to find. But this ring was half-hidden beneath a cloth, as if it wasn't ready to be seen yet.

When I picked it up, the face looked back at me. Not carved in the soft, decorative way of tourist pieces. Carved with intention. Angular lines. A mouth that holds silence. Eyes that have been watching since before Spanish was spoken on this continent.

"Teotihuacan style," Alan said. "The old way."

The brass work is unmistakably his — the twisted rope border, the clustered spirals at the base, the woven band that moves like water frozen mid-flow. But the face at the center predates him. Predates all of us. It carries the aesthetic of a civilization that built pyramids aligned with the stars and then disappeared without leaving a single written word to explain why.

El Guardián is named for what it does — it watches. For the woman who wears it, it watches the threshold between who she has been and who she is becoming.

One exists. For one keeper.

THE DETAILS

Materials

•   Hand-carved obsidian (Teotihuacan-style face)

•   Brass wire wrap with spiral detailing

•   Hand-braided brass band

Measurements

•   Ring size: Currently a size 7; the braided band can be gently adjusted to fit smaller or larger

•   Stone dimensions: Approximately 0.85 inches long by 0.5 inches wide at the widest point

Caring for Your Piece

The Brass

•   Avoid contact with water, perfume, and lotions

•   Store in a dry place when not wearing

•   A soft cloth will restore shine

•   Natural patina may develop over time — this is the brass continuing its story

The Obsidian

•   Handle with care — obsidian is volcanic glass and can chip if struck against hard surfaces

•   Clean gently with a soft, dry cloth

•   Avoid harsh chemicals

Spiritual Care

•   Obsidian has been used for protection and truth-seeing across cultures for millennia

•   It is known as a stone that absorbs negative energy and reveals what is hidden

•   Sage or selenite may be used for energetic clearing

What's Included

•   Signature House of Grace Huxley packaging

•   QR code access to The Archive

Shipping: Fully insured.

Returns: Each piece from The House of Grace Huxley is one-of-a-kind and created for its future keeper. Because of this, all sales are final.

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