Pippa's Treasured Tales

The Making of the 18kt Gold PSTM Myanmar Spinel Lotus Amulet

Part 3: Myanmar, Chapter 4: The Jewellery

Some of my favourite pieces made in Myanmar with Turquoise Mountain are the Lake Inle-style articulated fish. They’re charming and delightful pie...

Sorting through the different types of stones in Myanmar

Part 3: Myanmar, Chapter 3: The Challenges

The challenges we face working in Myanmar are very practical things. Due to the conflict in Myanmar the country is very chopped up and divided, you...

Part 3: Myanmar, Chapter 2: Design, Hands, Land

Myanmar has been a place that has really filled my heart. Wherever you work, you take inspiration; from the land, the people, the culture, the her...

Part 3: Myanmar, Chapter 1: Welcome to Myanmar

In 2015 I was lucky enough to be invited by arts charity Turquoise Mountain to visit Myanmar. It was an incredibly rich and inspiring trip, and th...

Pippa small in Afghanistan designing a piece with Saeeda Etebari

Part 2: Afghanistan, Chapter 4: Meet the Jewels

One of my favourite pieces we’ve made in Afghanistan is one that I designed in collaboration with Saeeda Etebari – a young Afghan jewellery maker. ...

The young women in Afghanistan working in the workshop

Part 2: Afghanistan, Chapter 3: Overcoming the Challenges

There have been challenges working in Afghanistan over the last twenty years. The change of government in 2021 had a significant impact; we panic...

Model in Afghanistan wearing Pippa Small pieces

Part 2: Afghanistan Chapter 2: The Designs, The Hands, The Land

It’s very important to me that the designs we create in Afghanistan reflect the culture, history, and heritage of the country where they are made...

Part 2 : Afghanistan, Chapter 1: Welcome to Pippa’s Afghan Tales

I first went to Afghanistan in 2008, travelling to Kabul by invitation from Turquoise Mountain – an arts charity started by King Charles and Ha...

Part 1 : India, Chapter 4: Meet the Jewels

Some of my favourite pieces we make in India are our wondrous amulets. Stones from all over the world journey to Jaipur to be cut and finding and ...

Part 1: India, Chapter 3: Overcoming the Challenges

The ability to trace materials is a challenge in all the areas we work. Jaipur is one of the world’s most important gemstone hubs and has been for ...

Pippa Small: group of people by Indian River

Part 1: India, Chapter 2: The Designs, The Hands, The Land

I work with lots of different workshops in India. Some are small, for example, Sushil, who works from his home, and Om and Arpit Prakash – father ...

Part 1: India, Chapter 1: Welcome to India

India is, for me, a place of creativity, of inspiration and invigoration, of friendship, and of happiness. I have been working in India for over t...