In the liminal, cold and misty days between Yule and Hogmanay 2020, my wife and I visited a large stony riverbank where the Leithen Water meets the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. We carefully and respectfully collected a number of stones of sizes that would be suitable for runes.
Back in the workshop, I sorted sets of stones according to size and in preparation for carving. Each stone is then individually hand carved using various diamond burrs. I include a blank stone with each set which can be used, or not, depending on your view of this.
Once the sets have been carved and washed, I then make the bags from a stack of material we have and finish these with 2 mm green cord.
My customers have left some lovely comments about my runes;
“Absolutely how you want runes to be. Immaculate craftsmanship & amazing energy to the stones.”
“…exceptional quality.”
I usually have sets available to buy in my Etsy shop- just follow this link.
HATCH BURN CARVE 