The Links That Join Us: Patrice Moor
We’re thrilled to introduce our new series, ‘The Links That Join Us’, a celebration of the inspiring, thoughtful, creative women who wear our jewellery. We believe jewellery carries histories and human stories, from the artisans who shape each piece using skills passed down through generations, to the women who choose to wear them and make them their own.
In each edition, we’ll be sharing the story of a woman from our community; through imagery and conversation, they’ll reflect on their work, lives, and relationship with jewellery. This is a series about connection: the artisans who create, the women who wear, and the shared values that bring us together. We hope these stories inspire you to see jewellery not just as an object, but as something personal, expressive, and deeply human.
We’re honoured to begin this series with artist and friend Patrice Moor.
Raised in the Netherlands and Luxembourg and living and working in London, Patrice is a painter and collage artist whose work explores memory, presence, and the quiet spaces in between. Over the past four years, she has been developing a deeply personal body of work inspired by her childhood, brought together under the title The Presence of Absence.
Patrice has been an Artist in Residence at a number of institutions, including the Royal College of Physicians in London, Somerville and Lincoln College in Oxford, and most recently the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford.
Her work is thoughtful, layered, and intuitive, qualities that resonate beautifully with the handmade pieces she wears and the stories they carry.
I first met Pippa in 2000 through my great friends Claudia and John Brown who introduced me to her. We had an instant “rapport” (French word!) connection.
The first piece of jewellery that felt particularly meaningful was the first one I bought on the day we met, a simple gold band with a tiny ruby in it. I cherish it as it reminds me of our meeting. Every piece I have of Pippa jewellery marks a moment or chapter in my life as my husband, Andrew, has bought them for me for anniversaries, birthdays, or to celebrate a particular moment in time.
"Every piece I have of Pippa jewellery marks a moment or chapter in my life..."
Each and every piece has special meaning. I wear Pippa’s jewellery every day, some days more than others, because it makes me feel good, it makes me feel safe. I never ever get bored of any of the pieces I have of Pippa’s. They hold meaning and feel connected to the earth.
Her jewellery is unique as it is made by hand and ethically mined and sourced, made by craft people from many different places and cultures. She works with artisans in their communities. Every piece looks different on each person, making it all the more unique. Wearing her jewellery connects me to the positive network Pippa has created through her creativity and her values. Her business puts back and supports many people. She is an exceptional person with a huge amount of integrity.
"Her jewellery is unique as it is made by hand and ethically mined and sourced, made by craft people from many different places and cultures."
I am a London-based artist. I work in oils; I make collages and pencil drawings. My work centres around the presence of absence, our relationship with our physicality, with death, as well as our experience of being alive, a link to our unconscious, an act of reparation, a container of memories, an anchor.
As an artist, I’m naturally drawn to objects that have been shaped by hand. There’s something deeply moving about knowing that time, skill and intuition have gone into a piece and that it carries the presence of the person who made it.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrice.moor/
Website: https://www.patricemoor.co.uk/