HEATHER MCDERMOTT

Jewellery by Heather McDermott. Photo Gabriela Silveira

Jewellery by Heather McDermott. Photo by Gabriela Silveira

Heather McDermott

About Heather McDermott

Scottish jeweller, Heather McDermott takes her inspiration from the ever-changing shoreline and landscape of the Isle of Skye, where she has an open studio throughout the year in the most southerly township of Aird, Sleat.

The tideline of Skye is a treasure trove of unique objects discarded from the urban environment and deposited by the power of the Hebridean swell. Here rope, wood and plastic take on a subtler identity as wind and waves shape and re-shape form and colour. The continually changing shoreline is her constant source of inspiration.

These inspirational scenes are developed and translated in Heather's work by utilising shapes and colours. Unconventional in size and structure, each piece is an expression of sculptural form and is designed to create a statement.

The industrial nature of the stainless steel is hand formed into soft geometric shapes mimicking fishing nets and lobster pots. Repetition creates chaotic chain which is then embellished with simple vivid discs of colour inspired by washed up buoys.

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Earrings

Earrings

Bangles, stainless steel

Bangles, stainless steel

Buoy Earrings orange

Buoy Earrings orange

Iconic colours from the landscape of Skye are transferred and weathered onto these statement buoy earrings. Gorse yellow for the end of spring, sea green when the Mediterranean like seas appear in summer, and dreich grey for the winter.


Bouy Necklace and earrings

Bouy Necklace and earrings

Capturing the greyer side of Skye, these necklaces depict those winter days where you can see the rain and mist sweep over the mainland and engulf the outer islands of Eigg and Rum.

Hangling gold plates silver and stainless steel earrings

Hangling gold plates silver and stainless steel earrings

One of the shapes found on the ever changing shorelines of Sleat has been transformed into this elegant earring. Hanging from an ‘afloat’ stud this stainless steel shape gives a great contrast to the highly polished silver.

Cluster Necklace

Cluster Necklace

Stainless steel links form this necklace


Short Fankle with disc

Short Fankle with disc

Hand formed stainless steel links with a coloured disc

Small Washer studs

Small Washer studs

Small stainless steel washers with distressed colour

Buoy necklace

Buoy necklace

Stianless steel washer pendant on a short silver chain


Medium washer studs

Medium washer studs

Medium stainless steel washer studs

Extra Long fankle necklace

Extra Long fankle necklace

Small triangle links make up this long necklace

Caught in the Rope

Caught in the Rope

This statement necklace represents the rogue buoys that get trapped in the discarded washed up fishermen's nets on the beaches of Skye. Layers of stainless steel chain trap the statement weathered disc of colour.


Working Buoy Brooch

Working Buoy Brooch

This statement brooch embodies the shape and colour of the iconic buoys that withstand the turbulent seas surrounding Skye. The circular grey a reminder of the ever present dark Atlantic.

Fankle Necklace

Fankle Necklace

Meaning ?to entangle' this fankle necklace represents the tangled chaotic rope and debris that is found washed up on the beaches in Aird. Layers of stainless steel chain trap a disc coloured by the weather.

Summer Swell necklace & Stacking Creel bangles

Summer Swell necklace & Stacking Creel bangles

This beautiful necklace encaptures the grace of the calm lapping waves of the summer sea. It can be worn loose or wrapped twice to create different shapes and lengths. After each fishing trip the creels are stacked on the beaches, every day a new shape and pattern. These bangles illustrate this image as the shapes they create change with the movement of the body.


Just a selection of the contemporary jewellery available to buy on lovedazzle.com by Heather McDermott


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