Ute Decker, curvature - arm sculpture; individually hand-crafted in recycled silver; sand texture, matt finish. 

LONDON.- Ute Decker’s work has a contemporary yet somehow timeless feel. Her pieces are not so much literal re-interpretations of actual edifices but rather wearable sculptures suggestive of an architectural language of forms.

This July, the London Festival of Architecture showcases a solo exhibition of her signature one-of-a-kind and small-series pieces in recycled silver and Fairtrade gold.

Ute Decker’s work has a contemporary yet somehow timeless feel. Her pieces are not so much literal re-interpretations of actual edifices but rather wearable sculptures suggestive of an architectural language of forms.

Her use of minimalist shapes, clean lines, exquisite surface textures and the treatment of empty space give her work a powerful presence.

Yet, it is equally in the context created by her exploration of sustainable jewellery making and the interaction with the human body that her wearable sculptures invite a broader dialogue.

“Recognising that we are as much sensory, as cognitive, rational creatures the relation of ethics and aesthetics in artefacts and the built environment has interested me for a long time. It is this question of ‘social beauty’ - the relation between inner and outer beauty - I explore in my work.”

Following a series of shows in Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam and New York, Ute Decker’s work can be seen in London at three selling exhibitions this summer: 13 – 17 June at the Goldsmiths’ Pavilion, Somerset House, 15 – 17 June at the Cockpit Arts Open Studios in Holborn and 3 – 8 July in the Corner Shop Gallery on Clerkenwell Green as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

Ute Decker p u r e collection in fairtrade gold; double ring,; sand-textured, matt individually handcrafted in a limited edition of 12; top 4.2 x 2.7 cm

Ute Decker p u r e collection in fairtrade gold; arm sculpture; sand-textured, matt individually handcrafted in a limited edition of 12; 11.5 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm

Ute Decker p u r e collection in fairtrade gold; architect's ring; sand-textured, matt; individually handcrafted in a limited edition of 12, 5.5 x 3.4 5.5 x 3.4cm

Ute Decker;, hand sculpture; confidently balanced, comfortly sculptural 

Ute Decker;, the architects's ring; sand-textured, matt; individually hand-build in recycled silver 

Ute Decker, emotional topography ring; cast, matt individually hand-cast in recycled silver 

Ute Decker, land's end arm sculpture, strong lines combined with an amorphic surface texture in matt recycled silver. one-off piece

Ute Decker, laquered ring, 'vegetarian from now on', individually hand-crafted in bio-resin and recycled silver 

Ute Decker, silk arm sculpture; silky silver folds give this arm sculpture a tactile sensuality. in semi-matt recycled silver individually hand-crafted in recycled silver 

Ute Decker, faux sponge coral necklace; orange leather strand embedded in irregular faux sponge coral shapes individually hand-crafted in non-toxic bio-resion derived from sunflowers