As well as our stone carving jewellery and home wares, we create our own individual art in the form of sculpture, painting and lino print. We have now chosen a few pieces to feature on our website in our Gneiss Art section. You can find our art her
Last week we took a day trip to restock our retailers on Uist, which meant our daughter’s first trip on a boat also! Our retailers throughout Uist are now fully stocked with a range of pendants, key rings, earrings and drinks cubes. Check out
As part of our Heritage Collection, our bound pendant forms are some of our personal favourites. The wrapping of the cord around specially carved grooves is reminiscent of axehead binding and takes us back to the tribal tools of our ancestors. Stri
Lewisian Gneiss: the rock of the Callanish Standing Stones. See more at www.gneiss-things.com #gneiss #callanishstandingstones #callanish #geology #scottishjewellery #inspiration #hebrides #outerhebrides #jewelleryhebrides #outerhebridestourism #vi
New pieces handcarved from Hebridean Greenstone in our 'Stone Beads' and 'Hebridean Heritage sections on our website. The beads do not come around very often as this is a very hard stone to carve particularly into these fiddly round forms. www.gneiss
Cording some more of our handcarved glass pendants today here at the studio. See more at: www.gneiss-things.com/glass Or visit us here at Seilebost school today (Monday) until 3pm Wednesday 10-3 Thursday 10-3 Fri 10-4 Sat 10-4 #openstudio #onlin
This beautiful vibrant Hebridean Greenstone is one of my personal favourites for earrings in particular. We don’t often come across pieces that lend themselves to earrings so these four new pairs have been on the “to do” list for a
It is a very quiet time of year here at Gneiss Things, which is partially great as we are expecting a new baby in a matter of days! However, your orders definitely help us get through the tricky Winter before tourists begin to arrive on the islands s
Sturdy pulls for light fittings, blinds or toilet chains. Pieces of the Hebrides handcarved into tactile practical forms in our wee workshop in Harris. It’s so lovely to be reminded of the natural Scottish geology and landscape each time these
What a blustery day in the Hebrides today! The wild weather has allowed some time for adding new work to the website and sharing these with you. Our first offering is a new selection of our tripartite (3 part pendant, bead and toggle) forms. Each o
Mixed beaded necklaces, representing the geology of the Hebrides, are now available on our website. Each bead is hand carved and the cords hand braided, finished with a stone toggle fastening. Each piece is unique and will not be repeated. https://ww
Busy this week adding cords to new pendants ready to add to the website and send out to retailers. Loving some of the stone patterns and colours we’re working with at the moment. Nature is a true artist. #pendants #onlineshop #isleofharris #w
We are back in 'making mode', with our first batch of Gneiss Cubes of the year 2025 up now on the website. Six sets of these handcarved Lewisian Gneiss whisky/drink stones can now be found at the link in bio. These do tend to sell out so if you hav
Happy New Year to all of our lovely @followers and customers! We are busy carving in the workshop getting ready for the 2025 season. Winter always feels slower with the short days and dark skies but we always have lots to do to prepare for the Spr
Happy New Year to all of our lovely @followers and customers! We are busy carving in the workshop getting ready for the 2025 season. Winter always feels slower with the short days and dark skies but we always have lots to do to prepare for the Spr
The whale memorial sculpture with the doors closed. Each of the attached forms represents a whale killed at Bunabhainneadar whaling station. #isleofharris #sculpture #whales #extinction #natureart
You can now find our stone pendants and keyrings and a small selection of our glass pendants at the Stornoway Airport shop. Very handy for last minute gifts if you are heading off island 🙂 #stornowayairport #stockist #new #isleoflewis #christmasgi
Detail from the whale memorial sculpture ‘Bunabhainneadar’ currently on display at An Lanntair in Stornoway. #sculpture #extinction #whales #art #fineart
A memorial carved for the whales killed from Bunabhainneadar whaling station carved from local timber currently on show in Grinneas Nan Eilean in An Lanntair. The carving is covered in smaller carvings to illustrate the actual numbers of whales kil
New work: a couple of larger pieces ready for an exhibition in January. A pair of fire hollowed burr elm sculptural vases. #sculpture #vases #artvases #localtimber #isleofharris #isleoflewis #localmaterials