darcy miro: jewelry treasures

Darcy Miro's jewelry creations are created using casting methods with sterling silver or 18-karat gold.

Her pieces emerge from wax casts made from found materials, showing jagged surfaces, erosion, decomposition and decay. Each cuff resembles fragments of a tiny terrain, ocean reefs & shells washed up on the sand.

trilby made: recycled leather cuffs

While browsing Etsy, I happened upon Trilby Made's recycled leather reversible cuffs just now. Swoon. Their open, lattice-like design makes a dramatic eco fashion statement. Plus its two in one, you can wear the cuff two ways and they have two colors.

kim lyons jewelry: recycled sterling silver

Kim Lyons, an eco fabulous jeweler, incorporates recycled materials into her collections. She utilizes "green" metals like recycled yellow silver--(which has look of gold at a lower price point), recycled sterling silver and also finds use for all her process scrap metals. Her "nebula beam" ring (duo) utilizes her new process as do her stacking collections.

Recycled 'yellow' silver is made from 100% reclaimed silver and alloys are added to give it the yellow color, a look of gold without the price.

house of natalia: religious tolerance

I love this necklace of religious tolerance by House of Natalia.
Available at Swedishness

silk scrap jewelry

VivaTerra

original women: woven zulu bracelets

The Fair Trade company Original Women offers women in Zulu communities a money making outlet for their expert basket weaving skills. Thes emarginalized and vulnerable women are turning their innovation, ingenuity and tenacity to weaving colored telephone wire into an art form that has gained global recognition.

The women making these beautiful bracelets are dedicated to helping themselves by gaining the skills and knowledge they need to support themselves and their families. Generating income to be able to receive basic education, health education, and HIV/Aids support is a key part of their innovative program.

loot: recycled glass cluster necklaces

Beautiful recycled glass pendant cluster by Loot. Can be ordered in many colors!

alexander calder jewelry

I am truly taken aback by this kinetic jewelry from famous sculptor and mobile maker Alexander Calder. I am in LOVE with the bracelet.
Calder Bio
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gulnur ozdaglar: recycled & upcycled jewelry

Gülnur Özdağlar studied architecture at the Middle East Technical University and has been active as an architect since 1986. In 2008 she began an investigation into upcycling by producing cups, jewellery and home decoration accessories by recycling PET bottles. She collects, heats, cuts, melts, drill holes into & reshapes PET bottles turning them into enviable wearable art.

felted pleasure: haute jewelry

Soft woolen jewelry from Felted Pleasure Berlin
Flickr Photostream and
Etsy Site

new zealand jewelers

Lisa West

Anna Wallis

Peter Deckers

Tania Patterson

at Quoil

jo pond jewelry

Jo Pond jeweler extraordinare--pieces made from book covers!

gueto studio: recycled jewelry

Gueto Studio Brazil, has gotten together with Brazil’s biggest petrol company, Petrobas to design products from recovered petroleum byproducts. Their jewelry line is made of rubber coming from the auto industry. Materials were selected that were not toxic to people who would be working with them manually. The result is a bit of green lovely-ness.

fingers: contemporary jewelry new zealand

I am writing this way before I leave, but while in New Zealand, I am totally going to Fingers Contemporary Jewelry (2 Kitchener Street Auckland)--I LOVE jewelry!!! Crazy for it!! These pieces by Elfi Spiewack, Helen Britton, Anne Baynham, Lynn Kelly & Ross Malcolm have me totally excited!

maria cristina belluci: pencil jewelry

These gorgeous jewelry pieces were constructed by Italian designer Maria Cristina Belluci. Smart repurpose of colored pencils reminiscent of Jennifer Maestre's spikey colorful sculptures.

katy hackney: floral jewelry

Katy Hackney's beautiful creations are inspired by nature and botanicals.

hannah loiuse lamb jewelry

Dainty nature inspired jewelry by Hannah Louise Lamb from the UK.