You are an artistic soul,

let your jewelry express that. 

Me too! I’m Caitlin Albritton and as an oil painter trained at Savannah College of Art and Design, I’ve always had enthusiasm for colorful patterns and figures.

But it’s impossible to share that amazing painting you bought to adorn your home unless someone visits you, right?

Have you stood in front of a Matisse painting at the MoMa in NYC and thought, “I need that!”?

It’s sad that most art lives a lonely life indoors, so I made it my mission to find a way where the expressive paintings you adore could be taken with you anywhere you go and transform you into the creative soul you are.

Caitlin Albritton mining Oregon sunstones at the Spectrum Mine. Here she is leaning over her sifter and has a handful of sunstones

For me, it was when I was sorting through my assortment of earthy treasures: the gemstones I had been self-collecting right from the ground since I was a young girl.

I figured: why not combine my passions of painting and rockhounding into playful, feminine mosaics—crafted from silver and stone—that you can wear everywhere?

As you know, inspiration tends to strike when you least expect it.

Stone intarsia cabochons with silver banding, chrysocolla, amazonite, shattuckite, Peruvian opal, and graphic granite

I became so obsessed with silversmithing and stone-cutting that I don’t think I’ve touched a paint brush since! (Sorry, paints!)

After receiving a local grant where I live in Tampa, FL, I invested in education by taking workshops to learn how to make inlays and intarsias—which are two ways of making intricate designs with colored stones and sterling silver.

Closeup of a model wearing a figurative inlay pendant made by Caitlin Albritton. The pendant is made of sterling silver, and features a woman in a resting with her head in her hands. Cobblestone inlaid figurative pendant is made with natural stones

Living a spiritually fulfilled life means finding balance with all the analytical, left-brained work you do. Let me help you reconnect with your artistic right-side. These avant-garde, museum-grade works of art are sure to inspire and animate your soul.

Being a creative soul is expressed in everything you do, from the foods you eat to the way you present yourself. Show the artistic side of yourself to the world and shop my jewelry collections today.

What is inlay jewelry?

Inlay is a jewelry technique where silver walls are constructed before semi-precious stones are cut to fit into these spaces.

This is different from typical jewelry settings, which are designed to fit around the stone.

In most stone settings, metal is pushed down over a stone to hold it in place. Inlay artists cut their stones carefully to create a tight fit; these pieces are then glued in place with a water-clear, high-strength epoxy.

Pillow inlay/cobblestone inlay versus flush-cut inlay

There are two different types of inlay: pillow and flush-cut.

In pillow inlay, or cobblestone inlay, stones are cut to fit their specific voids, but are domed and brought to a complete polish before being glued in their setting (as seen in the left example).

With flush-cut inlays, stones are cut to fit their specific hole, then glued before grinding down and polishing the surface of all of the stones at once to create a smooth surface (like the inlay on the right).