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Welcome to Deep Time Atelier

Welcome to Deep Time Atelier, where jewellery, fossils, minerals, petrified wood, meteorites and geological forms inspire small-batch pieces and objects that carry the feeling of deep time.

Purple resin dome pendant in an 18k gold plated oval bezel on a fine gold chain

Welcome to Deep Time Atelier—a place where the immense history of the Earth is translated into objects made to be held, worn and lived with.

The idea behind the atelier begins with a simple fascination: that beauty is often a record of change. Stone remembers pressure. Fossils carry the traces of vanished life. Coastlines are shaped by movement repeated over thousands of years. Even the smallest fragment can hold the feeling of a much larger story.

Emerald-green resin dome pendant with a gold plated bezel

Where deep time meets the hand

Deep time is the scale on which mountains rise, oceans open and close, and living things become impressions in stone. It is almost impossible to picture—and that is precisely what makes it so compelling.

At Deep Time Atelier, that sense of age and transformation becomes a creative language. Fossils and mineral specimens sit alongside hand-finished jewellery inspired by strata, tidal forms, ancient seas and the slow folding of the Earth. Resin captures colour and movement beneath a clear surface; metal brings warmth and structure; small variations remain visible as part of the making.

Blue hand-finished double teardrop pendant on a fine gold plated chain

The result is not a reproduction of nature, but a response to it: a wearable relic from an imagined geology.

Made slowly, released in small numbers

This is an independent atelier, and the collection will grow thoughtfully. Many pieces are singular or available only in very small numbers. Their individual markings, textures and colour shifts are part of what gives them character.

You will find vivid opal-like flashes, oceanic blues, mineral greens, ember reds and violet spirals—each piece carrying its own miniature landscape. Alongside them are genuine fossils and specimens: direct fragments of the deep past, chosen for their form, history and ability to provoke wonder.

Explore the latest pieces from Deep Time Atelier.

An early-subscriber thank-you

If you found Deep Time Atelier at the beginning and joined the mailing list early, thank you. Your interest means a great deal while this small world is taking shape.

As a welcome, early subscribers can enjoy 15% off with the code EARLY15. It is a small thank-you for being here from the first layer.

More than jewellery

The collection has grown beyond jewellery. Deep Time Atelier now brings together a wider range of objects and materials shaped by deep time, including:

  • Jewellery: rings, necklaces and pendants inspired by strata, tidal forms, ancient seas and mineral colour.
  • Fossils and fossil materials: ammonites, dinosaur gem bone, megalodon teeth and fossil plates.
  • Mineral and rock specimens: mineral pieces, orbicular granite, malachite and cuprite, agate, rhyolite and other geological forms.
  • Petrified wood: polished display pieces that preserve the colour and structure of ancient timber.
  • Meteorites: etched iron meteorite specimens and other material from beyond Earth.
  • Display slabs and cabochons: individual pieces for collectors, shelves, studios and anyone drawn to the physical record of the planet.

There is lots more stock to upload, and the collection will continue to grow as new pieces are photographed and prepared. Check back regularly—there will be plenty more to discover.Natural ammonite fossil on dark stone, low three-quarter viewBoogardie orbicular granite specimen, partially polished face, front viewFront view of the colourful Arizona petrified wood slab resting on a natural warm-toned rock baseAustralian Opal Reliquary Ring, size 8, view 18

What comes next

This journal will be a place for stories from behind the pieces: the geological ideas that inspire them, close looks at fossils and minerals, notes from the making process, and new work as it emerges.

Thank you for stepping into Deep Time Atelier. I hope you find something here that makes the distant past feel unexpectedly close.