MANA Recycled Jewelry
11Posted on November 10, 2008 by Matt Embrey in Clothes+Accessories
Brazilian designer, Mana Bernades works with teenagers and students in Brazil teaching jewelry making and creative re-use. She sees luxury in seemingly unusable materials using mini-flasks, PET bottles, phone cards, toothpicks, hair clips, plastic netting, pearls & silver to create unique, modern jewelry crafted by hand. By using recycled materials, the Mana collection demonstrates that re-use can be beautiful and this is done through collaborative education engaging young people to create beauty through eco-friendly design.
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12. Jun, 2009







Sansia
10. Nov, 2008
These are absolutely stunning. Essentially wearing trash around you neck can be beautiful
Kate
10. Nov, 2008
This jewelry is really beautiful. I love the glass necklace with matching earrings and bracelet. The pearls with toothpicks are beautiful as well; I do not think I have seen such beautiful jewelry made from recycled materials.
Thank you for the great post!
Randy Burks
10. Nov, 2008
I love Mana’s jewelry! It is amazing to see what can be done with a litte ingenuity, a little creativity and a whole lot of talent. I can’t wait to see what she will come up with next. Nicely done!! Recycle Renew Reuse Re-adorn Rebeautify Reinvent
Emerald
10. Nov, 2008
Very inspiring! Great pieces.
august
01. Dec, 2008
absolutely beautiful…does anyone know what the first piece of jewelry is made out of?
Matt
01. Dec, 2008
@AUGUST
I believe that they are little circles cut out of plastic bottles.
Marlene Affeld
26. Mar, 2009
Unusual and trendy jewelry - look nice. I am always heartened when I find posts that focus on environmental awareness and recycling - thanks for sharing this information.
Wishing you the best.
Andrea
18. Apr, 2009
padrisimo!!! los diseños se ven fresquisimos!! muy originales!!
judith okeme
20. Apr, 2009
i love mana’s collection.they are absolutely stunning.pls is there a way i can learn from her weath of experience?