Asimi
My jewellery is inspired by the organic shapes and textures found in natural rock formations. The "meteorite" collection comprises silver and gold pieces that fuse not only different metals but also combine granular and smooth lava textures, that are then scattered with an unusual array of precious stones. Each piece is unique and combines various colours of precious metals. High quality stones are set into a whole range of jewellery: rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, cufflinks and tiepins, all of which can be designed to personal specification.
Following my permanent move to Mani, Southern Greece, my inspiration started to diversify. In my Natural Collection I began taking ideas from the seed pods, driftwood, pebbles and plants which are so prolific in this seemingly barren landscape and combining organic, decomposable materials with precious metals, as the concept of juxtaposing fragility with endurance seemed to represent the feelings I have about my environment. Especially during the Covid lockdown I ended up using many more natural pieces I collected in Africa as I didn't have access to precious materials. Since then all of my pieces have become distinctly more three dimensional.
More recently I have been creating bold political jewellery documenting world events, combining bullet cartridges with feathers, fake fur, seeds and flotsam from the migrant shipwrecks here in Greece.
I work mainly to commission, but also have new pieces on the go while preparing for exhibitions. For current updates on my work, follow me on Instagram: @asimijewellery
Following my permanent move to Mani, Southern Greece, my inspiration started to diversify. In my Natural Collection I began taking ideas from the seed pods, driftwood, pebbles and plants which are so prolific in this seemingly barren landscape and combining organic, decomposable materials with precious metals, as the concept of juxtaposing fragility with endurance seemed to represent the feelings I have about my environment. Especially during the Covid lockdown I ended up using many more natural pieces I collected in Africa as I didn't have access to precious materials. Since then all of my pieces have become distinctly more three dimensional.
More recently I have been creating bold political jewellery documenting world events, combining bullet cartridges with feathers, fake fur, seeds and flotsam from the migrant shipwrecks here in Greece.
I work mainly to commission, but also have new pieces on the go while preparing for exhibitions. For current updates on my work, follow me on Instagram: @asimijewellery
"Chaos & Control" exhibition at Munich Jewellery Week as part of Precious Collective 12-16 March 2025
2025 Chaos & Control exhibition by Precious Collective at Munich Jewellery Week
2024 A Jewel Made in Greece (10 year retrospective)
Selected for inclusion in Glamour Jewellery book by Claude Mazloum
Featured artist at My Day by Day Gallery in Rome
Inflow Expo in Hungary
PremioIncinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
2023 Meanings & Messages touring show with The Association of Contemporary Jewellery
Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
Featured artist at Primavera, Cambridge, UK
2022 Meanings & Messages touring show with The Association of Contemporary Jewellery
Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
Featured artist at Primavera, Cambridge, UK
2021 Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Featured artist at My Day by Day Gallery, Rome
2020 Private commissions only
2018/19 Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
2017-19 Featured jeweller at Mesogeio, Stoupa, Greece
2017 Skill sharing trip with jewellers in Dakar, Senegal, as part of the Toolbox Initiative
2012-16 Annual trips to Ethiopia to share skills with local jewellers
2010-17 Working purely to commission since I moved my workshop to rural Greece, having
open studios during the summer months
2009 Desire, Richmond
Brass Monkeys, Hove, West Sussex
Featured jeweller at Mesogeio, Stoupa, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
WOMAD
2008 Featured jeweller at Mesogeio Gallery, Stoupa, Greece
Brass Monkeys, Hove, West Sussex
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2007 Christmas exhibition, Marianna Petridi Gallery, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2006 Christmas exhibition, Marianna Petridi Gallery, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Valentine exhibition at Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton on Thames, Surrey
Permanent exhibition at Perpetuity, Covent Garden, London
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2005 Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Top Dressing, Llantrisant
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2004 British Crafts Fair, Chiswick
Top Dressing, Llantrisant
Exhibition at Objets du Desir, Nolita, New York.
Exhibitons at Wave, Kendal, Lake District
2003 Top Dressing Show, Llantrisant.
Richmond Craft Fair with the Craft Movement.
Festival Exhibition at The Gold Gallery, Edinburgh.
Permanent exhibition at Crafts Plc in Piccadilly, London.
2002 Christmas show at The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London.
Festival exhibiton at The Gold Gallery, Edinburgh.
Top Dressing Show, The Model House, Llantrisant.
2001 Several London craft fairs with The Craft Movement - Chelsea, Hampstead,
Richmond, Battersea.
Top Dressing Show, The Model House, Llantrisant.
2000 Exhibition at The Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh.
1997-99 Several shows at Hanging Space, Islington, London.
1997 Jewellery Supply teacher at Westminster College, London.
1995-05 Sponsored by Dragon International, London, to exhibit work for 2 months
every christmas.
1996 Assistant to Malcolm Betts, designer jeweller.
1995 Exhibition at Chelsea Craft Works, Chelsea Wharf, London.
1994-06 Assistant at BAC Castings, Farringdon, London, experimenting with the
freedom of design facilitated by the lost wax process.
1994-95 Worked with Black Light Designs making silver findings for resin jewellery.
1993-94 Exhibition at The Brixton Art Gallery in London as part of “Visual Text” and then as a
regular participant in their annual Christmas exhibition.
1992-94 Followed intensive technical course in a variety of different craft disciplines at London
Guildhall University. Won Goldsmiths award in 1993.
1991-92 Studied basic jewellery techniques using found objects at XEN in Athens.
2024 A Jewel Made in Greece (10 year retrospective)
Selected for inclusion in Glamour Jewellery book by Claude Mazloum
Featured artist at My Day by Day Gallery in Rome
Inflow Expo in Hungary
PremioIncinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
2023 Meanings & Messages touring show with The Association of Contemporary Jewellery
Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
Featured artist at Primavera, Cambridge, UK
2022 Meanings & Messages touring show with The Association of Contemporary Jewellery
Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
Featured artist at Primavera, Cambridge, UK
2021 Premioincinque Jewels at Rome Jewellery Week
Featured artist at My Day by Day Gallery, Rome
2020 Private commissions only
2018/19 Artistar Jewels in Milan, Italy
2017-19 Featured jeweller at Mesogeio, Stoupa, Greece
2017 Skill sharing trip with jewellers in Dakar, Senegal, as part of the Toolbox Initiative
2012-16 Annual trips to Ethiopia to share skills with local jewellers
2010-17 Working purely to commission since I moved my workshop to rural Greece, having
open studios during the summer months
2009 Desire, Richmond
Brass Monkeys, Hove, West Sussex
Featured jeweller at Mesogeio, Stoupa, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
WOMAD
2008 Featured jeweller at Mesogeio Gallery, Stoupa, Greece
Brass Monkeys, Hove, West Sussex
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2007 Christmas exhibition, Marianna Petridi Gallery, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2006 Christmas exhibition, Marianna Petridi Gallery, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Exhibition at Martin Graham Gallery, Reigate, Surrey
Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Valentine exhibition at Robert Phillips Gallery, Walton on Thames, Surrey
Permanent exhibition at Perpetuity, Covent Garden, London
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2005 Richmond Craft Fair with Crafts in Focus
Top Dressing, Llantrisant
Permanent exhibiton at Polka Dot Precious, Exeter
2004 British Crafts Fair, Chiswick
Top Dressing, Llantrisant
Exhibition at Objets du Desir, Nolita, New York.
Exhibitons at Wave, Kendal, Lake District
2003 Top Dressing Show, Llantrisant.
Richmond Craft Fair with the Craft Movement.
Festival Exhibition at The Gold Gallery, Edinburgh.
Permanent exhibition at Crafts Plc in Piccadilly, London.
2002 Christmas show at The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London.
Festival exhibiton at The Gold Gallery, Edinburgh.
Top Dressing Show, The Model House, Llantrisant.
2001 Several London craft fairs with The Craft Movement - Chelsea, Hampstead,
Richmond, Battersea.
Top Dressing Show, The Model House, Llantrisant.
2000 Exhibition at The Torrance Gallery, Edinburgh.
1997-99 Several shows at Hanging Space, Islington, London.
1997 Jewellery Supply teacher at Westminster College, London.
1995-05 Sponsored by Dragon International, London, to exhibit work for 2 months
every christmas.
1996 Assistant to Malcolm Betts, designer jeweller.
1995 Exhibition at Chelsea Craft Works, Chelsea Wharf, London.
1994-06 Assistant at BAC Castings, Farringdon, London, experimenting with the
freedom of design facilitated by the lost wax process.
1994-95 Worked with Black Light Designs making silver findings for resin jewellery.
1993-94 Exhibition at The Brixton Art Gallery in London as part of “Visual Text” and then as a
regular participant in their annual Christmas exhibition.
1992-94 Followed intensive technical course in a variety of different craft disciplines at London
Guildhall University. Won Goldsmiths award in 1993.
1991-92 Studied basic jewellery techniques using found objects at XEN in Athens.
Silver fairytale necklace with freshwater pearls, rhodolite garnet & moonstone set in gold
Reliquary ring: silver, bullet cartridge, Ethiopian coin from migrant shipwreck, iron bolts, seed, garnet granules
Silver cuff, photoetched jellyfish, oleander pod, prickly pear skeleton overlay, set with 3 emeralds, 3 topaz, 3 apatite & tsavorite