Carla Pennie


Carla Pennie uses a combination of both traditional and contemporary techniques to create one-of-kind jewelry from precious and non-precious materials. For Carla, “the earth stirs the imagination.” Both a collector of natural artifacts and a keen observer of the natural world, she is inspired by the delicate hand of Mother Nature.

Carla Pennie incorporates methods of etching, drawing, fusing, inlay and granulation into her jewellery making. She is stirred by the artist’s hand in defining a distinct path, one that is as unique as the movement of the stars. Her most recent work includes the ancient technique of scrimshaw: scoring into material with a fine instrument then laying down inks into the scored lines. She uses a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials such as fossilised ivory, bone, resin and nut when using scrimshaw technique in her own work.

