Pippa’s Journal

Pippa's Travel Diaries: Uzbekistan

About fifteen years ago, whilst out browsing, I found a beautiful silver and enamelled bracelet in a small dusty shop of exotic antiquities in Bru...

Financial Times: Jeweller Pippa Small sees sustainability rising up consumers’ agenda

She welcomes recent action on sustainability by big brands because of its “global impact”. In June, Pandora, announced it would be using only recyc...

Pippa Small - 18kt Gold Baby Navaratna on Fine Chain Bracelet

Behind The Piece - Navaratna

The concept of the Navaratna as an ancient microcosm of the interconnectedness of our universe in the Vedic tradition has long fascinated me. I de...

Pippa's Travel Diaries: Myanmar 2020

I had always dreamt of going to Myanmar, but when I was younger the leader of the democratic opposition to the military dictatorship had asked peop...

Behind The Piece

I am often asked about my shell bracelet, it has sat on my right arm for decades. It has only come off once, on the day my twins were born, and so...

Pippa's Travel Diaries: Bolivia 2020

I have spent most of my adult life regularly travelling to projects to work with artisans in different countries all over the world. I have loved ...

Making Makes You Happy

It seems in the many years I have been working with artisans all over the world, that something magical happens when a thing of beauty is made.I ha...

A Mermaid's Tale

I have a painting over my bed that is made of delicious ice cream colours of soft strawberry pinks, and pistachio greens. I love this painting, and...

Pippa's Travel Diaries: Bolivia 2018

I traveled to La Paz Bolivia with my nephews Art and Theo Simondetti to both create a new collection and to document the work and the place. We a...

10 Wonderful Afghan Years

Pippa Small and Turquoise Mountain celebrate over ten years of collaboration. Turquoise Mountain supports young artisans, small businesses and...

World Economic Forum 2018

Pippa Small has designed over a dozen jewellery lines with Turquoise Mountain artisans. The most recent collaboration was with artisans in Yangon. ...

The 2018 Town & Country Jewellery Awards

We could not be prouder to have been named winner of the Green Award for Sustainability by Town & Country Magazine! With its first annual Jewe...