Lyndsay Fairley

Lyndsay’s jewellery collection, ‘Na Mara’ (Gaelic, meaning ‘of the sea’), originated from a visit to an industrial North Queensferry beach. Captured by messy compositions of debris created by the tides, she seeks to expose unexpected, unconventional beauty. 
These transient encounters are a sustained source of interest; a theme she has continually developed since graduating from Glasgow School of Art’s ‘Jewellery and Silversmithing’ course in 2018. She makes work in Glasgow using a palette based on her beach-finds; working in sandy tones of silver, copper and gold, contrasted by stark black enamel or patinated metal, she creates pattern in metal like seaweed on sand. Lyndsay uses self-developed techniques of wire-inlay and champlevé to combine materials, creating pieces with a distinctive, gestural aesthetic.
Drawing is a vital part of her process, using mark-making to develop abstract impressions from the coastal landscape. Her jewellery arises from the drawn-line, creating tactile pieces varying with each iteration, expressing the shifting nature of her subject. They are intentionally non-matching, possessing their own distinct pattern; as with a drawing, each is unique.