Michael Good

Michael Good

Intuition + Craftsmanship = The anticlastics of Michael Good

In Down East, Maine, between fishing and homesteading, Michael Good stumbled upon the ideas of two jewelry designers who influenced his work. Soon he was teaching classes in design at a nearby college. It was at this time he and his wife found themselves in a "poverty cycle" that forced some tough decisions. In 1985, after several transitions, they moved to Rockport and now have 15 goldsmiths working with them on design and production.

Good uses an anticlastic raising method, which leaves out the limits of space, and brings in layering a thin sheet of precious metal on top of a specially made, sinus-curved iron or plastic tool. This is hammered into three dimensional shapes. Nothing is poured or molded. Nothing is soldered and Good doesn't use clasps. His intuitive use of negative and positive space creates an impression that has been described as "molten energy" intriguing the viewer/owner to continually search for and see new images in the design.

McCaskill & Company is located on the beautiful Emerald Coast within the premier vacation resort area of Northwest Florida.

5½ hours to Atlanta
4½ hours to New Orleans
7 hours to Tampa.

The gallery is located at 13390 Highway 98 West, between Destin and Sandestin, just two miles east of the Mid-Bay Bridge.
Hours are 10:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Phone # 850-650-2262