Sextant Necklace

The City Observatory on Calton Hill provided accurate time for sailors to navigate the globe from the Port of Leith using a ship’s sextant. Drawing on the hill’s history of astronomy and its rich geology, Rachel Adams’ necklace design combines traditional and digital production processes to celebrate local materials and manufacturing. 

Rachel Adams lives and works in Glasgow. Her work incorporates furniture design, sculptural forms and decorative craft techniques, combining a variety of traditional and DIY methods including macramé and tie-dye with contemporary commercial techniques such as laser cutting and vinyl printing. 

Collective Matter limited edition products are inspired by the art, extraordinary buildings, people and heritage that surround us at Collective. 

• Maker: Rachel Adams with Elizabeth Jane Campbell
• Material: Sterling silver
• Dimensions: 18" chain
• Source: Made in Scotland
• Commissioned by: Panel exclusively for Collective Matter