From Issue Three of Hidden Scotland Magazine

The Spirit of Scotland’s Seas

Róis Clark’s jewellery from recycled Scottish sea glass.

Words by Laura Anne Brown · Photographs by Eilidh Macleod & Beth Chalmers

Printed in Issue Three of Hidden Scotland Magazine, Winter 2021.

For Róis Clark, making jewellery from recycled Scottish sea glass isn’t just a passion. It’s also about hope and sustainability, issues that touch people around the world — like the ocean currents that shape the glass itself.

Róis first discovered sea glass almost 7,000 miles from home on a trip to Hawaii. But it was years later, after a period making paintings and prints for Glasgow craft markets, that she found sea glass again. This time, it was right here in Scotland.

“Then the vision really took off,” she says, growing into a fully-fledged business: Róis Scottish Sea Glass (it’s pronounced ‘Rosh’, like the sound of a wave breaking on the shore). Inspired to “make treasure out of the broken pieces,” Róis ripples silver and gold around the recycled crystal pebbles, which are shaped by the sea over decades. The result? Delicate earrings and necklaces to cherish or gift to loved ones.

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