Finnish Beast Small Brooch Metal:Silver Inspiration for this collection comes

Inspiration for this collection comes from a small but beautiful island in the far north of the Orkney archipelago

though it also appeals to lovers of Celtic design generally

An interesting variation of classic Celtic knotwork

The first Christian missionary to reach Scotland

Few periods have equalled the Tudor taste for sumptuous decoration

Finnish Beast Small Brooch Metal:Silver Inspiration for this collection comesFinnish Beast recalls the golden age of the Viking culture, and the powerful and mysterious mythology of our ancestors. In 1968, a bronze and iron sword with an intricately carved hilt was found in a Viking grave in Suontaka, west of Helsinki. Ola studied the beasts head, and the interweaving lines that surrounded it, and, after many hours of drawing, came up with the final designs. She called the collection Finnish Beast for no one is sure whether