Pippa first started working with copper in her teens when she lived in Chile, one of the world’s largest producers of this beautiful and versatile metal. Over the years, she spent many hours creating jewellery with her father, whose workshop was a hive of jewellery-making activity right into his old age. She inherited this treasure trove, and many of her jewellery pieces re-use off-cuts and scraps from copper and silver jewellery made decades ago. She loves experimenting with the effects of heat on metal, bringing out rainbow colours, unpredictable and unrepeatable, making every piece unique and original. Most of her designs are created by heating copper with a blowtorch and applying enamel, fusing silver or simply allowing the natural colours of the patina to emerge. She works from my studio in Farnham, England’s first World Craft Town.
A selection of Pippa’s jewellery is available in our Gallery shop.
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