Eve J. Alfillé

Jewelry Designer, Teacher, Poet, Sculptor...

Eve has endless determination and artistic fervor, delivered with an air of humility, a gentle voice and a ready smile. Reaching back into her rich European heritage and multilingual background, she readied herself with degrees in business, historical linguistics and medieval poetry and went to work as a teacher, field archaeologist and sculptor in large metal forms.

Her metamorphosis began in the desert on a dig, when, astounded by the preeminence of fine ornament even in humble ancient cultures, Alfillé resolved to enter into her fruitful journey.

Eve's last name, which is French, is pronounced "Al-fee'yay."

Eve's Artistic Mission

"As an artist, I chose jewelry because it harkens back to humankind's very beginnings: If you were a prehistoric person, walking on a beach or in the forest, and you suddenly found a small, mysterious, wonderful glowing thing, a pearl, a gem, what would you do?

Wearing skins, or leaves, you have no pockets, no place to save this unique thing: you have to find a way, maybe drill it or wrap it in vines, and wrap it around your neck, the only secure, out of the way place.

Jewelry started this way, a need for something so magical, so transcendent that it made you forget the harshness of life, the difficulty of surviving to another spring.

In becoming one of a long chain of keepers of the world's gems, I satisfy both my need to be linked to our common past, and to highlight and preserve these incredible gifts of nature. To highlight the beauty and power of nature I like to mesh uncommon organic materials in their unadulterated form with more familiar polished and faceted gemstones and precious metals."