The Arka Side of Life

Tribal girl with stretched ears

Kayaw Tribe from Northern Thailand

Kayaw women stretch their ears and start at a surprisingly young age!
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a picture showing the different types of ear piercing like rook, helix, daith, conch and tragus

Different Types of Ear Piercings

An ear map showing the locations of the most common ear piercings
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a woman taking out her septum piercing

I can't undo my septum clicker!

A neat little hack to undo a septum clicker if you are having trouble taking it out.
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the kali yantra

The Kali Yantra : A Meditation on Shakti

A Yantra is a mystical spiritual design, originating from the Tantric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Kali is the most powerful form of Shakti.
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Environmentally Friendly Packing

Environmentally Friendly Packing

Now all the packing we use, everything we send you (apart from the jewellery) is biodegradeable and compostable!
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an ancient yew tree in a graveyard in Sussex

The Sacred Yew Tree. The Tree of Life and Death.

Most church yards have an ancient Yew Tree in the cemetery. The priests don't seem to know the reasons why all their churches have Yew trees, they say its just traditional,...
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Caring for Brass, Silver, Wooden, Earrings

Caring for Brass, Silver and Wooden Jewellery

Brass Jewellery Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. It has been used for thousands of years all over the world to make jewellery. Brass does not rust but... Read More
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The Flower of Life in Jewellery

The 'Flower of Life' Design

You will probably have seen this design popping up in some of our jewellery and in lots of tattoos and in case you are wondering here is a short explanation...
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an old drawing of a tribal pictish woman of Scotland with tattoos over her whole body

Tattoos in Ancient Britain

In around about 1580 the artist John White produced a picture of how he imagined a Pictish woman would have looked using historical descriptions by Julius Caesar and others.
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