Brand Inspiration

I find beauty in the irregular, the imperfect and the eroded.

Growing up in the Highlands of Scotland, I fell in love with its' history; the ancient buildings, the rugged sea scape and the ancient landscape.

On the farmland of my grandparents, we have excavated incredible pieces of history - segments of rings, vessels, knives and swords - parts of history. These objects act as incredible inspiration for my collections.

''The jeweller Ellis Mhairi Cameron has always been captivated by the Scottish rural landscape in which she grew up. The scudding, ever-changing skies and eroding land had worked their way into her previous collections even before last year, when she discovered a five-century-old treasure hoard on her family’s ancient farm. The Cameron clan has lived on the same site in Oban, the unofficial capital of the West Highlands, since 1502. Cameron grew up with her parents nearby and spent much of her childhood running in and out of the farm. In 2022, a set of standing stones was uncovered when an area of long-overgrown land was cleared. Historic Environment Scotland confirmed them to be significant and suggested that the family hire some metal detectors. So, on a rainy day in April, Cameron and two detectorists struck, if not gold, then certainly a rich vein of history: ancient artefacts that have gone on to inspire Legacy, Cameron’s latest collection of fine jewellery.''

– Kate Finnegan, Financial Times HTSI.

Read Ellis' interview with HTSI FT here.