The creator behind Welsh Mountain Jewellery is Nick. His workshop is based in Glynllifon Park on the south side of Caernarfon but Nick also attends many markets including the one here in Beaumaris.
Nick makes jewellery and small household items crafted from naturally patterned Welsh Cambrian slate.
North Wales especially is renowned for its slate so a special piece of jewellery made from the region would make a lovely gift for someone or for yourself.
You can visit Nick at
Unit 1 & 4,
Parc Glynllifon Workshops ,
Clynnog Road,
Caernarfon
or at the market with the rest of the artisans. you can view his work on FACEBOOK
"By using Welsh Cambrian, Slate, Welsh jasper & metals indigenous to North Wales, WelshMountainJewellery hopes to bring to life a geological history.
Welsh, Cambrian Slate features some beautiful patterns. formed 450 million years ago, this coincides with the building of the Snowdonian Mountains in North Wales
Wales has Jasper among its rocks. Mined on Pen Llyn & Anglesey until the 1930s[?], this striking red rock has many qualities. It can exhibit a translucent surface when polished. It can also contain pyrite & quartz.
Related to the jasper is a Green Glassy Chert, which I have a small source of. The jasper was formed when iron-rich sand was melted in volcanic lava, the chert was formed when the lava erupted out onto the sea bed some 570 million years ago.
Two different histories, two different rocks; Slate from Gondwanaland, Jasper etc from Laurentia...two different continents with the Iapetus Ocean in between.
Gondwanaland: England & Wales, Africa, Australia, South America, Antarctica & India
Laurentia: Now North America & Greenland but also North West Scotland & Anglesey"
Here are some photos of Nick's work.....
