Lunar Necklet

This Lunar Necklace in sterling silver features three individual cup-mark designs, hanging from a silver wire. The circular designs have a textured silver finish and are hand-enamelled in 'Lichen' enamel in our Orkney workshop.

Thousands of years ago at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, people carved hollows or cup-marks of various sizes in rough rock, perhaps to signify an event or to follow the passage of time as the moon waxed and waned. Sheila first sketched the idea behind this collection in 2012 while visiting the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall, where some of these carvings can be seen. Sheila’s designs are textured like the surface of rock and enamelled in a variety of colours.