Scottish Highlands

This coverage explores jewellery industry activity across the Scottish Highlands, highlighting the region’s independent jewellers, artisan designers, and heritage craft businesses. Jewellery Focus reports on retail developments, tourism-driven trade, and local market dynamics shaping the Highlands’ jewellery sector. Coverage also includes profiles of regional makers, sustainability initiatives, and the economic factors influencing jewellery production and sales in this distinctive part of the UK.

Feb- 2025 -

5 February

Designers

Cynera Rodricks

Emma J Shipley unveils Gilded Menagerie: Icons of the Wild collection

British graphic artist and designer Emma J Shipley has launched the Gilded Menagerie: Icons of the Wild collection in collaboration with jeweller Tomasz Donocik. Shipley’s new collection reimagines six of her “iconic” creatures – The Lynx, The Elephant, The Hare, The Dragon, The Monkey, and The Owl – in a…
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Sep- 2020 -

3 September

Designers

Heather Sandlin

Yummikeys launches Ultrasound Necklace

Eco-friendly baby brand, Yummikeys, has announced its first ever adult-only jewellery design, the Ultrasound Necklace. The piece is designed with “mum in mind”, with each necklace produced engraved with a personal ultrasound image, with the idea of producing a “cherished keepsake” for customers. According to the group, the “carefully” designed…
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Aug- 2018 -

31 August

Features

Shekina Tuahene

Jorie Grassie: The last deer tusk jeweller in the UK?

Jorie Grassie recently acquired Harvey Nichols as her first English stockist and is on a mission to revive deer tusk jewellery in the industry. Hailing from the US prairie state of Illinois, Grassie left her American home to come to Scotland almost 20 years ago. Living on the Culachy estate…
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