Hello, I am Kathy Stout and along with my Mom Marilyn Kyle and many good friends and jewelry designers, we would like to
Introduce you to Wildscape. Our Jewelry is One Of A Kind! The caddisfly larva is an aquatic insect that creates a beautiful
case out of stones. I use this case to create unique jewelry. The twist!! I raise the caddisfly Larva in a simulated
stream and give them Gem Stones to build their cases with. Ben Stout, a biologist at Wheeling Jesuit University, designed
the simulated steam that is used to raise the caddisfly larva. It took 3 years to perfect the steam, but when it was completed
we had an opportunity to give the caddisfly larva a unique predator free environment to live in. And in return, we received
a beautiful gemstone case after the adult emerged from its case.

Wow, who would have thought that an aquatic insect would be such an amazing artist!! That was my thought when I saw these
incredible insects at work. So now 14 years later, we are still at it! Each year new gem stones are given to the caddisfly
larva and then we just sit back and watch them create their works of art.