Maps To The Stars - Pressed Penny Charm

Since the 1920s, Hollywood star maps have been sold on Los Angeles street corners. Celebrity houses, gates and gardens elevated into mythology. Paper promises that fame can be found at a fixed address.

For millennia, stars have been how we find our way. The North Star, fixed and unwavering above the pole, became the ultimate beacon. Polynesian wayfinders memorised the rising and setting of over 150 celestial bodies, navigating vast ocean expanses by starlight alone. 

We are drawn to stars because they represent distance made visible, lights to move toward, sparkles to dream by. 

Your stars don’t have to be celestial. They can be moments, the afternoon you knew what you wanted, the night everything changed. They can be points on a globe, your childhood home, or a place you’ve never been but know you’re headed. They can be people whose existence orients you, the ones whose lights guide you back to yourself when you’ve drifted too far from shore.

Stars appear as fixed points amongst vastness.

Each Pressed Penny is handmade and unique.
Dimensions range from 22–24mm in height.
Internal jumpring diameter - 5mm

Two lengths of chain available, please enquire for bespoke lengths.
Made in London