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Ute Decker (b. 1969, Germany) is a London-based artist-jeweller renowned for her minimalist yet bold sculptural jewellery. Her innovative method of sculpting, bending, and twisting gold and silver to create powerful and expressive three-dimensional “geometric poetry” has garnered international acclaim.
Responsible sourcing / environmentally friendly approach
In 2011, Decker made history as one of the first jewellers in the world to work with fully traceable, certi-fied Fairtrade gold. Her ring, The Curling Crest of a Wave, 2015, became the first Fairtrade Gold jewel-lery piece in The Victoria & Albert Museum’s permanent collection.
As a political economist-turned-journalist-turned-artist jeweller, Decker’s journey to become a pioneer of the responsible jewellery movement was sparked by a simple yet profound question:
“Where do my materials come from?”