Gilli Pepper Jewellery

Not For The Faint Of Heart

As a traditionally trained Jeweller, schooled in the Fine Arts and Education, I was an early adopter of the new technologies of 3D design and printing, combining these with traditional bench techniques, I have rediscovered my love of creating wearable, personal mementos of time and place. I am inspired by music, symbolism, poetry, and all things that make our lives richer and more connected. Having spent a long time working in a commercial industry, these pieces are driven by the desire to work free of pure commercial intent.

To create is to listen to that part of you that whispers “There’s more out there”.
These ranges explore the experience of loss, illness, death, and what’s left after everything falls apart. The idea of escape into fantasy, an attempt to find meaning when there is none, and trying to make something beautiful out of hopelessness. To keep trying, learning to trust yourself, and telling the pricks to go fuck themselves.

I work in traditional metals of gold, silver, platinum and gemstones, and explore alternative materials such as found objects, ebony, carbon fibre, bone and enamel. I often take on commission work, but don’t ask me to find you the best diamond for the cheapest price, or a Tiffany copy, that ain't my bag.