Karlin Anderson was born and raised in Shetland before leaving the isles at 19 to study jewellery design and manufacture. Her career took her to Glasgow and London, where she successfully ran her own jewellery business in the renowned Hatton Garden district before deciding to make the move back home to Shetland in 2019.
“I lived away for 23 years but was drawn back to Shetland to be closer to my family and also for a better quality of life,” she says in her distinctive Shetland dialect. “There are so many positive aspects to biding (living) here.”
Originally from Tingwall, Karlin has set up her studio and home in the village of Hoswick in the South Mainland. This former fishing settlement is now a bustling creative community, home to Nielanell, Laurence Odie Knitwear and the Hoswick Visitor Centre.