Jennifer Hillyer

"A part of our brains ignite when we look at a verdant, lush landscape, a delicious dessert, or a juicy, luminescent gem. As humans we all share that same primal, child-like, wordless joy when we experience beauty. I want to connect people to that feeling and remind them to tap back into that sense of magic in their everyday lives."

Jennifer hand-selects gems for their individual character – ranging from the most complex and bright rainbow opals, to the most elegant, sparkling diamonds. Her designs are expressions of reverence for the balance and symmetry of natural forms.

Jennifer sketches with gemstones, putting bare-bones ideas on paper and then either translating them into engineered designs in the digital space, or fabricating by hand from sheet and wire. She often is called on to bring the unique ideas of her clients to life with custom design. Her materials are recycled and fair-mined gold, with responsibly sourced gemstones at the core of her ethos.

Jennifer began by teaching herself how to use a torch so she could set some of the gemstones from her growing collection. She was then classically trained in traditional metalsmithing at a small school in Manhattan, and went on to become the first ever female goldsmith at the workshop of David Yurman. It was there that she was mentored by master jewelers from across the globe and was inspired to someday create her own line of jewelry.