ARTIST PROFILE
UTE DECKER
- Rolling Waves in Moonlight
- Spiral
MEET THE ARTIST
London-based artist-jeweller Ute Decker is best known for her minimalist yet bold sculptural jewellery art. She has created an innovative method of sculpting, bending, and twisting gold and silver into expressive three-dimensional “geometric poetry”. Playing with volume, empty space and movement until the choreography of the architectural lines and the dynamic curvatures are distilled into evocative sculptures. Her unique and limited edition pieces are as engaging worn on the body as they are displayed on a plinth.
As a political economist-turned-journalist-turned-jeweller, Ute Decker is a pioneer of the international ethical jewellery movement and one of the first, worldwide, to create a collection in Fairtrade gold. With the aim of raising awareness, sharing best practice and opening up opportunities to facilitate change, Ute Decker started her online directory which soon became the most comprehensive resource globally with practical information on ethical jewellery practices.
With this commitment to facilitate and encourage sustainability in our craft Ute Decker joined forces with the Incorporation of Goldsmiths of Scotland as the principal consultant feeding over nine years of her own research, expertise and passion into creating an updated and extend online Ethical Making Resource launched in March 2018.