Heather Guidero

Heather Guidero graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002, with her BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing. After graduation she moved to New York where she worked as a goldsmith with the renowned jewelry company Reinstein/Ross. In 2005 she returned to Providence, Rhode Island, in order to focus on the development of her eponymus jewelry line.

Her jewelry consists of a series of simple geometric shapes inspired by elements of modernist design. Her interest lies in using line to render drawings three dimensionally and to explore volume, movement, and pattern. The use of wire and thin sheet allows her to incorporate numerous shapes into larger forms that are lightweight yet have a presence of their own on the body.

Heather uses sterling silver, gold, and select precious and semi-precious stones along with oxidized silver to provide greater contrast between silver and gold and accentuate the graphic nature of the designs. These materials and techniques also allow the geometry and composition of each piece to exist first and foremost, not to singularly reflect the status of its materials.