RITUAL

RITUAL is a world where shamanism exists alongside contemporary materials and technology. STRUGA makes objects for this world — objects that accompany the people who wear them.

RITUAL holds all pre-oxidized pieces — the only world they enter. Dark, yet the world is not reduced to them: pure uncoated, un-oxidized silver lives here too.

RITUAL is a STRUGA world, not a single family — its dark, spiritual register. Families inside: AMULET (core), CARBON (where the brand began), MOSAIC (combined materials). Objects hold personal symbolic weight: amulets, stones, crosses, meteorite, carbon. Raw-stone amulets are one-of-one — no two alike. Metal: sterling silver 925. RITUAL is the only world that holds pre-oxidized pieces; oxidizing is a technique (darkened at once), distinct from Living Silver, the property of uncoated 925 that darkens on its own. Stones — tourmaline, aquamarine, quartz — carry geology and cultural reference only, no promised effects.

FAQ

Is RITUAL a family or a collection?
RITUAL is a world, not a family. It is STRUGA's dark, spiritual register and contains three families: AMULET (the core of the world), CARBON (where the brand began), and MOSAIC (combined materials). When you browse a specific family you are inside RITUAL, one level down from the world.

Is oxidized silver the same as Living Silver?
No. Living Silver is a property — uncoated sterling silver 925 that darkens on its own over time. Oxidizing is a technique — the metal is darkened at once during making. RITUAL is the only STRUGA world that holds pre-oxidized pieces, but it also carries pure uncoated, un-oxidized silver.

What is a Thorn Amulet, and is it the THORN family?
No. Thorn Amulet is an amulet type within the AMULET family of RITUAL — a raw stone suspended in a thorn frame. The THORN family is separate and belongs to the CODEX world. Same word, two different things: one is an amulet type here, the other a family elsewhere.

Why are the stone amulets called one-of-one?
Each raw tourmaline, quartz or aquamarine differs in cut, color and geology, so no two amulets are alike. Stones are treated for their material and cultural reference only. If an archive piece is gone, you can request a new object in the same direction with a different raw stone.

What is patina on RITUAL silver?
Patina is a property of sterling silver 925, not a defect. On uncoated Living Silver it forms as the surface reacts and darkens, reading as a map of wear rather than damage. Oxidized pieces start already darkened. Both are silver behaving as silver does.