YOU & ISLAND
YOU & ISLAND designs sculptural pieces of silver and bronze using cuttlefish bone. After working as a welder and as a Habitat Fabricator at the National Aquarium, the founder combines two great loves – sea life and metal – into a unisex jewelry line dripping with power and enchantment.
Cuttlebone
CUTTLEFISH ARE SMALL SQUID with an internal bone unique to the family Sepiidae. This chalk-like bone can be carved and functions as a mold to cast liquid metal. Each YOU & ISLAND charm is cast using these bones, and the ridged texture of the squid’s cuttlebone transfers to the metal.
Explore the cuttlefish casting process here.
YOU & ISLAND takes its name from a bulk cargo ship owned by Panama, first seen by Webb in the Baltimore Harbor as it was loaded with sugar from the Domino Sugar Factory.