rolling waves in moonlight #3, 2017

the calligraphy series of brooches is inspired by a love of japanese and chinese calligraphy.
available from minimalist 6 cm to statement 25 cm in Fairtrade Gold, recycled bimetal and recycled silver.

each individually sculpted and unique within the series
calligraphy series available in Fairtrade Gold, bimetal and recycled silver

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This sculptural brooch is in the Goldsmiths' Company Collection

Extract from
Goldsmiths’ Company Acquisitions for the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 2019–2020


Ute Decker, ‘Rolling Waves in Moonlight’
2017, 18ct Fairtrade Gold

“Jewellery is my artistic medium to tell a story and working ethically and sustainably in a global world is one of the most urgent stories today.”

Decker’s brooch is from her limited-edition ‘Calligraphy’ series. The brooch is formed from a single strip of loosely-curled gold with matte surface and polished edges. This is the first piece of Fairtrade Gold in the Collection, traceable to a mining co-operative in Macdesa, Peru, and it bears the Fairtrade mark, introduced in the United Kingdom in 2011. Decker explains: “Jewellery is my artistic medium to tell a story and working ethically and sustainably in a global world is one of the most urgent stories today.”

Joanna Hardy adds: “Ute Decker was one of the first jewellers in the world to launch a collection using Fairtrade Gold. Her architectural jewels are bold, minimalist and stylish.” A brooch from the same series won the 2018 Goldsmiths’ Craft Design Council Silver Award for precious jewellery in gold, platinum and palladium, and a ring in the series won the 2020 Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Bronze Award for Fine Jewellery; the Gold Fairtrade Award; and the National Association of Jewellers Award.


https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/craft/collections/acquisitions/

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It was consequently featured in the seminal exhibition curated by Dora Thornton:

The Brooch Unpinned: The Goldsmiths’ Company Collection 1961–2020 exhibition at the Goldsmiths' Centre, London
12 April - 20 August 2021


‘The Brooch Unpinned’, exhibition and online events programme, celebrates the art of the brooch. This unique exhibition brings together over twenty extraordinary brooches from the goldsmiths’ company collection by some of the leading names in british jewellery design including including John Donald, Mary Kessell, Andrew Grima, Ute Decker, Wendy Ramshaw, David Watkins, Daphne Krinos, Jo Hayes Ward and Jacqueline Ryan.