YIFENG TAO

I'm Yifeng Tao, founder and sole maker of à la luck — an edition-of-one handmade talisman brand specializing in hand-knotted natural stone jewelry. Each piece is crafted once and never reproduced. No factory, no metalwork, no adhesives. For three years I've sourced crystals directly from suppliers in Tibet and across Asia, then hand-knotted each talisman using traditional Chinese knotting techniques and natural cotton or hemp cord. My published work includes 60+ deeply-researched articles on mineralogy, material literacy, the cultural lineage of sacred objects (dzi beads, Eye of Horus, Nazar, Tibetan vajra), and the chakra and Five Elements (Wu Xing) systems. My core practice is honest material labeling. I call Magnesite Magnesite, not "White Turquoise." I distinguish jasper from rhyo...