They carry their millions of years well — all the jewels of the shore. Each little stone is a memory of the earth's origin and dramatic history, worn down by ice, wind and water. Nature holds an endless spectrum of colours that all suit one another, and our own human palette too.

We invited stone-cutter Johnny Juthman from Övermark to work with head goldsmith Maria Karlström's collection of Åland beach stones, creating beads in the shore's own gentle range of colours. In our hands they are framed in oxidized 925 sterling silver.

After the first summers with Strand, we have learned that all of nature's stones are equally beautiful. We truly want to offer the collection in our webshop — but only if you are prepared to receive any colours and colour combinations the stones may have.

If you would rather choose your own Strand piece, you are warmly welcome to our shop in Sjökvarteret on Åland.

You can also email or call us if you have a special wish!

I spent the summers at my grandfather's cottage, still in the family to this day. There I wandered along the shoreline and let the stones catch my eye. I gathered and gathered. The stones never had any real purpose — perhaps they lay on a windowsill until someone cleared them away. And I gathered new ones.

The stones for the STRAND collection I have gathered together with my mother and my daughter. Three generations of women on my grandfather's shore, pockets full of treasures. They were then cut and shaped by Johnny Juthman from Övermark, just north of Närpes. He feels the same about the stones as I do — that there is something magical about this ancient material.

Maria Karlström
Founder & head goldsmith