Lyndsay Fairley

Lyndsay’s current jewellery collection, Na Mara, arose after a visit to an industrial North Queensferry beach with friends. Captured by the messy, ugly compositions of debris that had been created by the tides, she seeks to expose the unconventional beauty found in unexpected places.

Accidental encounters with transient moments in nature have become a sustained source of interest; this is a theme she has continued to develop since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art’s ‘Jewellery and Silversmithing course in 2018.

Currently based in Edinburgh, she continues to be inquisitive towards Scottish beaches, including Cramond, Elie, and Cromarty.

Although she made the transition from drawing into handmade objects during her Foundation Diploma at Falmouth University - where she first discovered the joy of making jewellery, and exploring the surrounding coastline – the drawn line remains an important part of her making process, used to develop pieces that vary with each iteration.