The Guardian Ring

A note from Lily Streeter... Presenting: The Guardian Ring, an Alex and Lily Streeter co-production. This ring is a two-part story - it’s at once an homage to the great god Anubis, as well as a silver portrait of Alex’s faithful Chihuahua Jake. Alex and I worked on this ring together in November of 2021, and were about to release it when Jake suddenly passed away in January of this year at the ripe old age of 17. We have taken some time to collect our thoughts and grieve this loss, but my father and I feel that now is the right time to release this ring as a celebration of Jake’s life. This piece is a happy one, carved at a time when Jake was still in great health and spirits and it is therefore imbued with all the joy Jake brought to our lives. The idea for this ring came about as Alex and I were studying Ancient Egyptian gods and their mysterious attributes. We came across Anubis, a figure with the head of a dog and the body of a man. Anubis is an older god, the original God of the