aBOUT
Sisuno’s Amulet Jewelry is designed to bring the concept of the talisman into the lives we live today. Sisuno started in 2019 as a natural extension of a passion for creating beautiful things made of stones. The name comes from “sisu” it is a Finnish word for resilience and “uno” reflecting the spiraling nature of life and the universe.
Sisuno specializes in handmade artistic semi-precious gemstone and sterling jewelry curated considering stone properties to empower the wearer. Humans have adorned themselves with shiny stones and metals since the beginning of recorded history. A beautiful green stone might be said to protect a traveler from peril and bring abundance, or a rosy red translucent one would seem to attract love and abundance. Over millennia, these qualities related to color and texture and fate have endured and become part of the legacy of precious stones from the Earth. A talisman was a bit of control in a dangerous and unpredictable nature.
My wonder at the beauty of nature and the stones originated at the base of a 3 billion-year-old mountain of banded hematite and jaspelite in the heart of Michigan’s iron-rich Upper Peninsula. Our house was at the base of this geological wonder that attracted vans of geologists every summer from far away universities. Being raised next to the largest gem in the world (at least that’s what we kids told the geologists) has made me a passionate treasure hunter, stone collector and creator of wearable art.
Does amethyst enhance intuition? Can Karelian shungite repel EMFs? Can turquoise link heaven and earth as the Navaho believed? It is all fascinating to me. Combined with the beauty of the colors, the textures and the infinite combinations, it is absolutely heaven to do this work. My goal is your empowerment through the wonder of the Earth with gemstone, crystal and leather wearable art just as unique and individual as you.