Hello, Fausta here. As some of you may know, I am Lithuanian. Because of this, our kids get to enjoy both Scottish and Lithuanian traditions. Tomorrow Lithuania celebrates Užgavėnės, an ancient tradition where people dress up in scary costumes to scare away winter and eat lots of pancakes. After horrendous weather we've been having lately, it seems very appropriate to celebrate Užgavėnės this year.😅 We'll be making masks with the kids tonight and enjoying a pancake feast tomorrow with Lithuanian stories by the fire.
Do you have any traditions that you celebrate which may be considered unusual where you live?
Pictured are a bunch of pendants which felt appropriate for this celebration - spooky neeps, horse skulls, and wolf skulls. Also, it turns out that the horse skulls work very well as incense holders for non standard incense.👌
Do you have any traditions that you celebrate which may be considered unusual where you live?
Pictured are a bunch of pendants which felt appropriate for this celebration - spooky neeps, horse skulls, and wolf skulls. Also, it turns out that the horse skulls work very well as incense holders for non standard incense.👌
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This Dundurn Pictish ring has been quite popular in our shop lately! It’s based on an Early Medieval casting mould fragment for a Pictish clothes pin which was found in Dundurn hillfort, Perthshire. While we do make pins based on the mould, Nicholas realised that this design works really well as a ring too.
Which other historical jewellery do you think could be repurposed like this? Let us know in the comments!😊
Which other historical jewellery do you think could be repurposed like this? Let us know in the comments!😊
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Here we have a wee selection of our Insular brooches inspired by Pictish artefacts. Some of these brooches, such as the St Ninian’s Isle Dragon one, are quite large and must have been used to keep heavy cloaks in place. Nowadays, they can be centre pieces on a pretty scarf.😉 Which is your favourite? Personally I really like the smaller Loch Glashan brooch in the 5th photo.✨
The last two photos show the original artefacts at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The gorgeous wooden Birsay Box is handmade by @eindridewoodwork
The last two photos show the original artefacts at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
The gorgeous wooden Birsay Box is handmade by @eindridewoodwork
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It’s #forgefriday again! Yes, we did miss last week. Fausta forgot to take the final shots of this gold Beast of Bamburgh pendant before we sent it away for hallmarking, so we didn’t have a finished video.🫣
This tiny treasure is inspired by a gold plaque found during excavations at the Bamburgh castle, the home of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
What other behind the scenes videos would you like to see? These are fun to make.😁
#Bamburghcastle #uhtred #thelastkingdom #anglosaxon
This tiny treasure is inspired by a gold plaque found during excavations at the Bamburgh castle, the home of Uhtred of Bebbanburg.
What other behind the scenes videos would you like to see? These are fun to make.😁
#Bamburghcastle #uhtred #thelastkingdom #anglosaxon
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It’s #marchmeetthemaker month, so we’re taking this opportunity to introduce ourselves to again!😁
We are Nicky and Fausta, the only people behind Caledonian Forge. Having had a strong interest in the artistic side of things as far back as we can remember, we met at Nicky’s end of the year art exhibition in college, many years ago. Little did we know that we’d become lifelong partners in life AND in work!
Nicky has always been passionate about historical jewellery which has led him to teaching himself various goldsmithing techniques, both ancient and modern which he is passing on to me, Fausta, on my workshop days. This passion evolved into our wee business today. Follow along for more behind the scenes, new projects, and everything in between.😊
We are Nicky and Fausta, the only people behind Caledonian Forge. Having had a strong interest in the artistic side of things as far back as we can remember, we met at Nicky’s end of the year art exhibition in college, many years ago. Little did we know that we’d become lifelong partners in life AND in work!
Nicky has always been passionate about historical jewellery which has led him to teaching himself various goldsmithing techniques, both ancient and modern which he is passing on to me, Fausta, on my workshop days. This passion evolved into our wee business today. Follow along for more behind the scenes, new projects, and everything in between.😊
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