From artist Christina Griffin, comes Green Earth Jewelry a fun selection of eco-friendly jewelry handcrafted from recycled silver, fair trade gems, vintage beads, etc. Celebrate her Grand Opening with 10%off until 08/14/2007.
$70.00 at Green Earth Jewelry
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August 9th, 2007 12:38
I would like to know where you are sourcing your silver because, at this point, unless you are melting it down yourself, there is no such thing as 100% recycled silver. This may change soon, as I’ve had discussions about this with the CEO of Hoover and Strong. Just about all silver has some recycled content in it. So I would like to know what percentage of silver is recycled and also, if it is 100% recycled, where you are getting it from, because I write the leading industry blog on ethical jewelry sourcing, http://www.fairjewelry.org and that information would be useful to many of us concerned about these things.
August 10th, 2007 02:42
Thanks for the comment, I’ll try to get Christina from Green Earth Jewelry to stop by and answer your questions.
thanks for stopping by,
Liz
August 10th, 2007 12:55
That’s great, Liz. I’m noticing a lot of people are jumping on the “green” band wagon by just naming one aspect of their product as green. The real issue is transparency, as I discuss in a recent post. http://www.fairjewelry.org/archives/51
August 10th, 2007 17:47
Any components labeled recycled on my site are made from metal clay, which is made from reclaimed silver particles from things like electronics and film stock. The particles are suspended in a non-toxic binder which burns off.
August 11th, 2007 17:34
Thanks for that info. I had not really considered metal clay as a category. FYI: I have been in touch with Torry Hoover, CEO of Hoover and Strong, and he tells me that his company may be offering 100% recycled sterling silver in sheet and wire and casting grain. He could not be definite about it, but I plan on interviewing him early in Sept. and at that point I’ll be posting on http://www.fairjewelry.org as to what percentage of silver from that company is 100% recycled. At this point, he does offer 100% recycled gold and platinum.
March 9th, 2009 09:30
The PMC Guild has noted that precious metal clay has an unknown percentage of recycled silver within it, due to the way in which the metals are processed. They estimate the recycled silver content to be less than 40% of the PMC material overall. Hoover & Strong does offer 100% recycled silver through the Harmony line.
April 13th, 2009 17:34
This stuff is absolute shite! One of my girlfriends bought some of this jewelry, and it fell apart after 3 weeks. Not worth the money she’s charging. I’ve gotten equivalent jewelry from a craft fair for 1/8th of the price!!! SCAM!!!
April 15th, 2009 08:50
Dear Vanessa,
If your friend got a piece of jewelry that was defective, she can contact me and I will glady remedy the situation. I stand behind my jewelry. There is no need to trash my work when I was never made aware of a problem or given an opportunity to fix it.
In regards to everone who posted about metal clay, I am no longer using it in my jewelry designs for the reasons posted above. I get all of my silver from Hoover and Strong now.
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