In the Jewish religion there is a liturgical utensil called 'tefillin' in Hebrew, 'phylacteries' in English. They are boxes that keep a rolled up strip of parchment with passages from the Torah; one is tied to the forehead, the other is tied to the arm. In this way, the sacred texts almost touch the skin.

 

In the first pictorial representations of the Christian apostles, phylacteries were placed on their left arm, in the Jewish mode, until Western Christian culture ended up adopting that form in its religious iconography: then the term 'phylactery' referred to any ribbon, parchment or rolled paper with religious quotes or symbols, for example “glory”, “annunciation”, etc.

 

We wanted to extend this similarity and make a ring that also has a rolled strip. The strip - of paper, fabric or chain - can be unfolded, wrapped around the arm and hand or written on to explain something good.