Comments on: Recycled into Jewellery – a mini-round-up of upcycled accessories

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:56:30 +0000

Just a wee updated Heather Skowood has written a book about Junk jewellery and I will have an image in this book coming out on April 1st http://ning.it/gklWr7

By: Marti

Marti — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:00:12 +0000

Awesome! I’ve been saving bottlecaps to make earrings/necklaces out of for a while now.
Also if you check out http://www.etsy.com, it’s all handmade crafts and a lot of neat recycled things are there too!

By: CovertOperations78

CovertOperations78 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:17:45 +0000

They’re highly gorgeous! Well done, ladies! I wish I had your talent!

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:42:20 +0000

Meant to say milk not mile!

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:41:49 +0000

How funny, I had just been eyeing Ann’s work up yesterday after seeing on a post somewhere! Yes, an exhibition may be in order.
Yes it is a bottle cap from milk. I keep meaning to find a skimmed mile drinker as we only have full fat (blue) and semi (green) in my household. I have been using lots of packaging recently and I am really aware of how much we chuck away. I have worked with wire I reclaim from televisions for twenty years and combine sweetie wrappers with it. But have developed this range for an outlet in Scotland. So far it is only available in the North West but will get it out soon and will be trying to do etsy and folksy soon.

You should also try to find some images of Ticky Lowe’s work, who did a project called Meadow with the National Wildflower Centre in Knowsley all made from plastic bottles in workshops. I borrowed part of it for an eco fashion show I did in 2007. NOT AS REFINED OR DURABLE as any of the work here but stunning in it’s mulititude- sum of all the parts and all that.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:50:13 +0000

What creative recycling! I love the 1st row, 2nd item! Is that a bottle cap in the center?

By: Minnie Egg

Minnie Egg — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:20:39 +0000

Wow, that jewelry looks fabulous!

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:37:05 +0000

Oh how fabulous! Thank you for the include next to those other stunning pieces :) And yes Ann – we should get together :)

By: That Girl, Ang

That Girl, Ang — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:20:45 +0000

Great post!

Here’s one of my pieces from a brace drawer label, scrap material, & old broken jewelry….

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2600464031_3f7d54fb4a.jpg

By: Ann Ellis

Ann Ellis — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:25 +0000

Thanks for the great mention, Louisa, this site rocks (that first pic of mine is a necklace, by the way). Hey Alison and Lynsey, love your work, we should get together!