HELENA PALMEIRA

Cluster Contemporary Jewellery
”The Living Trace”

Helena Palmeira is a Brazilian artist and jewellery designer based in London. A MA graduate of Central Saint Martins and current Sarabande Foundation resident, her practice explores the intersection between materiality, memory, and nature, often incorporating native Brazilian elements such as amazonian wood and jarina seeds to evoke emotional and ecological connections. Trained in design and contemporary jewellery, her work bridges craft and narrative, reflecting on identity, heritage, and the bond between the organic and the precious.

Helena’s creations have been exhibited internationally, including at Milan Jewellery Week and London Design Festival, where she received the Public’s Choice Award. Her approach combines sculptural experimentation with meticulous craftsmanship, resulting in pieces that balance rawness and refinement. Through her practice, she seeks to create wearable artefacts that carry both cultural resonance and personal symbolism.

Helena Palmeira is a Brazilian artist and jewellery designer whose practice is rooted in exploring materiality as a form of cultural memory. Working with jarina (Amazonian vegetable ivory), reclaimed amazonian wood, and Brazilian emeralds, she celebrates Brazil’s rich natural heritage while questioning traditional perceptions of luxury. Her work seeks to reframe value through sustainability, provenance, and emotional connection, positioning jewellery as both adornment and reflection.

Guided by the gestures of binding and transformation, Helena’s pieces merge organic tension with sculptural precision, revealing the layered histories embedded in each material. Through her practice, she proposes a new understanding of the precious, one grounded in memory, ecology, and belonging.