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Where My Jewelry Comes From.

This is the seed that sprouted Midnight's Honor: At our darkest hour, when we're a mess and feel as if the world will abandon usโ€” I am here. I welcome all that you are with open arms. It does not matter how hard it is, how stuck, irritated, or worthless we feel. We are there for us. We, as we are, are something special. Something to be cherished.

This was the promise Elly made me when I was a child.

And it's one I've found important enough to keep till this day.

Elly was the kind of person forged from mythos and legend. An indomitable will that inspired all of those around her.

Me and Elly's childhood was spent split between the mundane Long Island life and a small shadow cult that trafficked adults and children.

Elly looked out for all of her brothers and sisters, at times taking abuse in their stead. Neither me nor any of my other brothers and sisters doubted Ellyโ€™s intentions or her will.

As a reminder that she was looking out for me, she would tie a section of thread around my pinky fingers. It was a symbol, something to look at or remember when reality hits in the way only reality can.

Chaos. Torture. Abandonment. These were the tenets of our world. And Elly stood before their cruelty and cursed these tenets down.

That thread that Elly tied around my pinky finger was my first ring. A gift from someone I took for granted. Someone I believed was immortal. When I saw the thread, or even so much as thought about it, my spirit would surge.

Our world was fraught with despair, but I would march beside Elly inot the depth of hell. We would wade through the tormentย together.

Except Elly didnโ€™t make it.

Even today I can feel some of the weight behind losing her.

Her parting word was this: โ€œSurvive.โ€ And that was what I did. I found a way to keep moving. Through all of it.

Most of my brothers and sisters met an untimely end. I myself didnโ€™t believe I had a future past the age of 17.

Elly planted a seed that outlived her. It was a constant reminder. โ€œSomeone believes in me. Someone sees me as worthy. Someone knows I am strong enough to change things.โ€

Every ring that I make carries the spirit of Elly. Her fire. Her tenacity. She was an aspirant who dreamed of everyone making it out. Most didnโ€™t. I couldn't bring her dream into reality. But a handful of us survived.

Every ring that I make carries the spirit of those that helped me survived. There are many. Some of them went by: Lizzie, Aaron, Asahi, Diana, Minni, Joseph, and J.M.

When you put on one of my rings, they may feel a little heavier than the pieces you've worn before.

Some attribute the weight to the material.

I think it's the legacy.

What I do

(Besides Make Rings)

Volunteer

I set aside time each week to serve my community at a local food share. It's exhausting sometimes and totally worth it.

Philanthropy

Five percent of our sales go toward combating human trafficking and providing relief for survivors.

Advocacy

I lead through example. I try to use my platform to share my story and educate others on the facts.

Nicholas Colombo

Maker & Owner

I was brought into this world in the early hours of a dark stormy blizzard, which may have been the universeโ€™s way of foreshadowing what was to come. I grew up on Long Island, my time spent between the everyday mundane of suburban life and the horrors of a cult that trafficked adults and children. One of my biggest takeaways from my younger years was the single phrase โ€œsurvive.โ€ I've carried it with me since then, though now I work pretty hard at easing the burdens I no longer need to carry.

โ€œThis shit is hard, and itโ€™s the work of a lifetime.โ€

While I learned to swing a hammer at a young age, I actually went to school for something different. I graduated from a local community college with an associates in a program that was preparing me to be a fitness trainer. From there, I became fascinated with performance and training athletes. After some deliberation I settled on psychology, believing that most of the work I'd be able to assist athletes in would come from the way they mentally approached the game.

I graduated with a BA in psychology from Stony Brook University. It was there that I developed a newfound appreciation for trauma, but was still fascinated behind the numerous ways one could improve performance in the psychological realm. I was accepted into Ithaca Collegeโ€™s masterโ€™s program with a concentration in sport psychology. I completed the course work but dropped out of the program before finishing the research component.

It was while I was away at school that a therapist asked me a question that would change my life: โ€œIf you could do anything in the worldโ€” you donโ€™t need to know how to do it, you donโ€™t have to know someone doing it, and it doesnโ€™t have to be immediately availableโ€” what would you want to do?

Prior to this question I was leaning toward pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology. Sport was fascinating, but trauma was one of his passions. How people adapt, how they heal, what makes us get stuck, etc. But this question my therapist asked me reframed things. It came to me at the right time. I realized that while trauma fascinated me, my motivation for working with people in a clinical setting was coming from a need to manage others in an attempt to protect myself. This realization spurred me into a new realm of thinking. One that wasnโ€™t as self-limiting.

From here, I admitted to myself something Iโ€™d been running away from for most of my young life. That I truly felt at peace only when working with his hands.

I started working as an electricianโ€™s apprentice shortly after, and picked up a hammer to explore blacksmithing on my own terms for the first time in my life a few months later.

My work as a blacksmith jeweler has been one that has not only empowered himself, but also led others through example.

When asked about why I do all of this, I often respond with: โ€œBecause I think all of us deserve the opportunity to feel as if we are enough. I want my rings to be a reminder of that.โ€