Jewelry has always been a true reflection of personal style and sentiments. With the growing global concerns on the impending ecological crisis, jewelry designers are also not far behind in making a conscious lifestyle statement which not only makes “green” appear cool, but also promotes alertness and awareness. The designers have with these refreshing lines of environmentally conscious jewelry intended to inspire people to realize both their own inner beauty and how precious our lives are on this planet. Let us explore some of these design lines which abide by a set of moral and environmental guidelines while still recreating the magic of style and aura.
1. Froote Eco Jewelry
Designer Elizabeth Moore has founded the eco-conscious Froote Jewelry to inspire inner beauty and value the preciousness of this planet. The jewelry line is set on three main themes:
The Calypso- tribute to the mesmerizing and seductive aspects of femininity.
The Island- inspired by the delicate, luxurious and magical atmosphere of the South Pacific Islands
The Tudor- inspired by the powerful, playful and colorful glamour of traditions that embody celebrations. The individual color and gemstones used are made be eco-friendly by reusing precious gems, metal scraps, and recycled packaging in production.
This uniquely exquisite collection is given a green twist by reusing precious gems, metal scraps, and recycled packaging in production.
2. Scrap Clay Jewelry
Polymer clay gets its name from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is used in a plasticizing medium to get this artificial clay. This clay can be molded very easily into desired shapes and leaves behind no waste or scrap. The jewelry mainly consists of coiling around a rolled over multicolored polymer snake and later cutting it into beads. The leftover of one project is used as the base for the next project by coloring it or by adding mica powders.
3. Mana Bernardes’ recycled Jewelry
The recycled jewelry line called MANA designed by Brazilian eco designer Mana Bernardes uses all seemingly unusable materials such as PET bottles, phone cards, toothpicks, hair clips, plastic netting, pearls, silver, gold and even coffee spoons to make an exquisite line of handcrafted jewelry. Her various ideas of re-using wastes gives an eco-look to the stylish range of jewelry by making it ecologically sound and pertinent to the aesthetics of beauty.
4. Jewelry made from recycled newspapers, lottery tickets, sweetener packets
Newspapers have long been recycled but giving them a chic outlet in jewelry is completely out-of-the-league product of admirably conscious designers. It directly is a product of the designer’s fantasy and desire to motivate the buyer to re-use, re-cycle and reduce waste at all stages. Such processed waste are further used to make amazing bracelets, brooches, earrings and cufflinks too.
5. Fifi Bijoux Bahia Cuff Bangle
This exotic diamond studded Fifi Bijoux Bahia Cuff Bangle is crafted from 18ct gold. The crown on top of the bangle is gold rutile quartz that has been mined in Brazil using hand tools to minimize its impact on the environment. The other materials used in the bangle have been sourced from ethically and ecologically responsible cooperatives, which add eco-friendliness to your gift. This cuff bangle priced at £9,787.24.can be purchased from Ethical Super Store.
6. Eco-Friendly Jewelry made with electronics
This wacky yet unique idea to use electronics as jewelry breaks all ideas for trash and helps motivate the plastic which otherwise will remain in a dump for 500 years and dangle it out close to your cheek or take rest on your shoulder. along with plastic electronic wastes like resistors, capacitors, whole circuit boards have been crafted into Jewelry which suits the modern girl. This unique step to help the ecology re-defines use of sustainable materials.
7. Jewelry crafted from reused books
Just in case you had a pile of outdated syllabus books waiting to be resold as trash or abandoned at the best then here’s something designer British Jeremy May has to suggest as an alternative. The Brit reused his pile of books to create a line of impressive fashion accessories called the Littlefly Jewels. These have been crafted from laminated sheets of paper later covered by gloss. Each unique jewel has image or text followed from the book which only enhances the overall appeal.
8. Old skeleton and typewriter keys jewelry
Anne Jansen, an artist hailing from Marthasville, MO, unfolds the mysterious treasures of old skeleton and typewriter keys and locks them into creative jewelry and accessories. She shapes recycled typewriters, skeleton keys and cash register keys into exquisite necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
9. Handmade plastic bottle jewelry
Tonya O’Hara intrigue takes salvaged PET plastic bottles and slices and shapes them into rings, earrings and bangles. Her love for jewelry making gave birth to PET:cell and the first collection created here was nature-inspired jewelry.
10. Paper Jewelry By Janna Syvanoja
Inspired by nature and trash, Janna Syvanoja’s paper jewelry are one-of-a-kind art pieces that make a great style statement. Used paper, seeds, barks of trees, roots and horsehair have been creatively transformed into jewelry that is delicate, elegant and of course green. The organic, natural process in which this ingenious designer creates each piece is indeed exemplary, especially for the fact that it erases the dilemma faced by designers and artists who are caught between art and materialism.
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