You can't mistake the qualities of Caithness stone in this piece. I hope you can see the playfulness and fun I've had blurring the lines between art and jewellery.
The new stonecutter is giving me new ideas for display as well as jewellery. I've cut the Caithness stone and specially treated it to reveal its layers. Inspiration from the fossils found at an inland quarry near Spittal resulted in a new idea for jewellery, can't wait to see what I come up with next!
My second attempt at trying to create facets in a relatively ordinary piece of Caithness slate. Polishing up this mudstone reveals delicate layers of silt that look like miniature landscapes. My next step is to combine gold into the design to compliment the stone, I'm having a lot of fun and making a lot of dust...
I've been drawing up at the quarry for some time now and at some point the idea of making some jewellery came into my head. So I dusted down the workbench and started experimenting. I've been up to Spittal quarry to pick their brains and now I have a whole new world of tools to buy... it's a dusty business this stone but it polishes up a treat!