Snazzy Recycled Record Moustache Necklace

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

“This necklace will help you sniff out the clues.” Made from recycled vinyl audio records, Tresija’s makes all sorts of interesting jewelry using recycled records as their medium.

MANA Recycled Jewelry

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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 [...]

Etsy Find: MapleXO Recycled Skateboard Jewelry

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

MapleXO wants you to “Save a landfill” by wearing some of their chic recycled skateboard jewelry.  The make bracelets and earrings out of recycled skateboards.  They don’t add any paint to the jewelry, all the markings are from the original decks, making each piece unique and reducing consumption…
So wear something that has feeble grinded a [...]

Reclaimed Eco-Gold and Silver by Toby Pomeroy

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

Toby Pomeroy was raised in the foothills of the Himalayas and has been fueled since by the artists he knew there to create “nature-infused” jewelry that is beautiful, diverse, and sustainable. Typical metal mining relies on extremely harsh and damaging methods to recover miniscule amounts of precious product from huge swaths of land (usually [...]

Responsible Jewelry on Mother’s Day

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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If your mother is the Jewelry type there’s a number of responsible jewelry options that will satisfy any tastes. Here are just a few…

Beautiful, Innovative, Eco-friendly Jewelry - BATUCADA

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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I’ve never seen anything like this beautifully unique jewelry from BATUCADA.  Each piece is made from their own “Eco-plastic” which is basically an synthetic rubber made from eco-friendly certified components.  They come together to create this tough but flexible material that silkily forms to the contours of your body.  Because of their [...]