If you have a color preference, please note that in the comments section when you place your order, and we will do our best to match your request. Please understand that because each piece is unique, Heathergems colors will vary, and the colors displayed are catalogue images. The stems are dried, shotblasted to remove the bark and dyed various colors. The heather used is too old to provide any nutirition for wildlife and is pulled in a manner which promotes the growth of new heather. This creatively colorful Celtic Jewelry will bring a piece of the Highlands to you. Heathergems are handmade from the stems of heather, a common Scottish plant renowned for its purple bloom. Heathergems also uses traditional Celtic Designs, such as the Celtic Knot and Scottish Thistle. Crystal Heather Luster coated, Czech MC Bicone Bead (Rondell, Diamond Shape) 3mm, 4mm, 6mm, 8mm clear fully coated with multi color lustre. The end result: beautifully colored natural Heathergems, which are then set into Sterling Silver and Pewter.Įach piece of this Scottish Jewelry is uniquely beautiful, and there are not two alike. The block is then cut and the pieces are shaped, sanded and lacquered. The older heather is harvested from the hillsides, cut, cleaned, dyed and compressed into a block. ![]() This beautiful collection of Celtic Jewelry is made with natural heather stems. ![]() The final step is to lacquer them in order to bring out the brilliance of the colors and to make them smooth to the touch.Įvery Heathergem that's created is different from the last, and any piece that you own is the only quite like it in the world.Scottish Jewelry with natural Heathergems comes to us from the central Highlands of Scotland. This creatively colorful Celtic Jewelry will bring a piece of the Highlands to you. The blocks are carefully cut by expert craftspeople, by hand, using a band-saw. Heathergems also uses traditional Celtic Designs, such as the Celtic Knot and Scottish Thistle. View our extensive collection from hearts to beautiful tree of life designs. We have a range of thoughtful gifts that will make them smile. Newly dyed heather stems of various colors are combined and compressed into blocks using enormous amounts of pressure. The unique and beautiful heather grain makes this a great and unusual Scottish gift. If you’re buying for a friend or a loved one, heathergem necklaces and pendants are unique one of a kind jewellery. The heather is then dyed in various shades that are meant to reflect the natural hues found in the Scottish highlands. The stems are gathered and stripped of bark, then cleaned to prepare them for what follows. Heathergems are made from the woody stems of aging heather. Heather is collected from the hills of Perthshire in central Scotland and is taken to the Heathergems factory in Irvine, Scotland. Heather grows abundantly in the highlands of Scotland, and as it ages it provides little benefit to the environment and to the local wildlife. Handcrafted in Scotland since the 1950s, Heathergems are created from heather in a unique and imaginative range of Scottish jewellery for women. Supplied in a gift box with a story card. Due to the nature of the process, no two Heathergems are the same making it a very individual, personal gift. The company was formally established in 1970 as the only manufacturers of the unique and imaginative Scottish jewelry. Heathergems are uniquely Scottish and a beautiful reminder of our landscape. Heathergems is a family run business based in Scotland that has handcrafted a wide variety of jewelry since the 1950's.
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