Inspired by geology,
ancient history and our changing landscapes

Rhona standing in Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. A woman in her 30s standing among plants on a hillside on a cloudy autumn day.

I find myself drawn time and time again to beautiful places that hold my most special memories with loved ones, to wild places that show both the immense power and fragility of our natural world, and to ancient places where traces of human mark making have lasted millennia. And anything that I want to try and recreate with a pencil on paper or a hammer on metal.

Hi, I’m Rhona. And I’m a nightmare to go for a walk with.

I thought I’d share some of my favourite inspiration photos…

Isle of Arran, Scotland

My favourite place in the world. And where the names of some of my rings came from.

Three standing stones in a grassy field with hills and mountains in the distance.
A steep cliff face sits above a rocky beach on a cloudy day. The sea and sky are grey.
The blue pool in Glen Rosa, a rock pool with mountains behind. The water is grey, reflecting the cloudy sky and the hillsides on the glen are dark orange and brown in late autumn.

Glen Rosa, Machrie Moor, Drumadoon Point
Top photo: Brodick Bay
Isle of Arran, Scotland

Below: Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
Siccar Point, Scotland

Photos by Rhona McCallum

A section of the giants causeway where the mostly hexagonal basalt rocks reach out to the choppy sea beyond

Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

(These are the most comfortable rocks I have ever sat on)

‘It looks like the beginning of the world, somehow’

William Makepeace Thackeray 1842

Layers of rock point vertically with layers of horizontal facing rocks on top

Siccar Point, Scotland

I went to Siccar Point with my friend Sarah while studying at Edinburgh College of Art after my lecturer Susan Cross suggested I visit due to my growing interest in geology. Thank you Susan. I am still amazed by this place.

‘The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time’

John Playfair seeing the unconformity at Siccar Point 1788