Elsa Mouzaki translates forms, rhythms and proportions from architecture, objects and fashion into jewellery. Repetition, variation and volume give structure to her work.

Elsa began her jewellery practice in 2000. Her early work, presented under the name Elsa Wire, was created through a wire-working technique she developed herself. She later moved into casting, cutting her own models by hand and building pieces from motifs found in nature and other sources. Line and repetition were already central to this work and remain so today.

Born in Athens, Elsa studied graphic design at Vakalo Art & Design College and continued her studies at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. Her studies also included jewellery design and theatre. Her professional background in editorial design, including her work as art director for Greek Harper’s Bazaar, continues to inform her approach to line, composition and proportion.

Since 2021, her work has focused on fine jewellery, primarily in recycled 18k gold, diamonds and gemstones. Elsa designs and develops each piece and carries out most of the making herself. Her design studio is based in Kerameikos, in the historic centre of Athens.

Her work received the Best Jewellery Award at MACEF in Milan in 2011 and has been featured in publications including Vanity Fair UK, Vogue UK Digital and K Magazine in Greece. She has also designed collections for Athens International Airport, Vichy and the Greek General Secretariat for Gender Equality.