Mary Beth Piper - Artist/Metalsmith

Mary Beth Piper is a metal artist who recently returned home to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Piper works mainly in sterling silver with freshwater pearls and semi-precious gems, as well as reclaimed materials such as copper and wood.

They are interested in making unique jewellery that explores humanity’s place within the natural world and the constructed nature of identity.

Piper’s work has been exhibited at the New Brunswick Government House and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

They attended NBCCD and graduated with a diploma in jewellery and metal arts in 2018, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Saint Vincent University in 2011. Piper’s artistic career blossomed from an existential crisis regarding a political theory thesis and their love for making odd little things, and they’ve happily managed to merge both those loves into their practice today.

Find out more @mb.piper