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| Photo by Jing Wang from Upcyclewithjing - Together |
Sustainability, eco-friendly and recycled jewelry has become more and more popular but what exactly is sustainable and eco-friendly jewelry?
For me sustainable jewelry comes from responsible sources where workers had fair wages and safe working environments. Sustainable jewelry have minimal impact on the environment.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
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| Photo by Dominik Scythe on Unsplash |
- Recycled silver
- If you´re looking to create eco-friendly jewelry, choose recycled silver such as sheet, solder and grain so you can continue to make jewelry like you have done with regular silver
- Recycled gold
- If gold is what your business offers, choose recycled gold such as sheets, panels and wire or try use fairtrade gold
- Stainless steel
- Stainless steel is 100% recyclable and it´s most durable, hardwearing and easily accessible material. You can use stainless steel wire for soldering
- Aluminum
- Aluminum is one of the most environmentally friendly materials for your jewelry business. Use aluminum for stamping or aluminum sheet as a base metal for your jewelry
- Scrap
- Scrap is one of the easiest materials to make your jewelry. With scrap metal and pieces you can create unique and quirky eco-friendly jewelry
- Wood
- Wood is renewable and abundantly available in Finland. Many think wood isn´t sustainable material but when the wood comes from sustainably managed forests, the wood is sustainable material
SUPPORT LOCAL & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
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| Jing Wang Designer/owner of Upcycle with Jing |
Jing Wang from Upcyclewithjing who turns ordinary PET bottles into amazingly beautiful jewelry.
Jing Wang design journey begun in China where she studied industrial design but she soon realize that she wanted to create something sustainably.
While living in China and India, Jing was also appalled by the prevalent use of single-use plastic bags and bottles that littered streets, landfills and even the oceans. Upcycling a pollutant material like plastic became her lifelong quest, which is what today has transformed into Upcycle with Jing, a thriving upcycled jewelry store online.
Nothing gives Jing more joy than to transform an ordinary PET plastic bottle by hand, changing it into a sustainable, unique and beautiful art piece that someone will truly enjoy wearing.
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I fell loved with these gorgeous designs that Jing Wang has made. Each piece have such a gorgeous details and unique design. |
Photo 2: Lily Flower Drop Earrings - Dangling off gold-finished French hooks are beautiful clear flowers that cradle a lustrous white bead with a rounded gold-finish tip.
Photo 3: Jasmine Flower Hairband - A hairband inspired by a jasmine flower fairy! Sitting atop an elegant gold finish hairband is an arrangement of double flowers on either side, crested with clear petals and a white inner flower.
Photo 4: Jellyfish Earrings - Inspired by the mysterious but beautiful jellyfish, these free-flowing earrings add an unmissable fashion statement for you.
HOW SUSTAINABILITY SHOW IN BLUEBELLJEWELRY
I consider recycling important thing. Luckily here in Finland we have great recycling systems and in daily basis I sort my household waste in different recycle bins. In our housing association we have different recycle bins for plastic, metals, papers, cardboards, glasses etc. What comes my little handmade business, I buy envelopes that are manufactured from recycled papers, I walk to mail every Etsy order, I have reduced plastic wrapping from the jewelry packaging and I preferably use to wrap orders in papers that I get weekly from my work. I think every small act counts but there´s long way to go until I can say that BlueBellJewelry makes sustainable jewelry.
~ Minna
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