Industrial Components & Factory Rejects
- Bonded-seal washers & O-rings: factory rejects once used to keep engines or pipes watertight, now stylish circles of industrial chic.
- Rubber: We work with a local rubber company to scoop up some of their factory rejects.
Sample Book Fabrics
- Textured samples: buttery suede-style offcuts from roller-blind sample books, transformed into lightweight geometric designs.
- Wallpaper Samples: want a piece of William Morris without the price tag? Thanks to a book of wallpaper samples, some of our designs contain art replicated from the original 19th-century designs.
Broken and Pre-Loved Jewellery
- Charms, chains & beads: fragments of once-loved pieces, meticulously cleaned and re-worked into bold new designs with plenty of personality. Ear wires, chains and connectors are always new, high-quality metal jewellery findings – usually Stainless Steel or Silver.
Reclaimed Leather
- Sofa-industry offcuts: real, often Scotch-guarded leather saved from upholstery waste. Hand-cut (no electricity) into rich, tactile shapes. Distinctive patterns that make each pair unique.
Vegan Leather Alternatives
- Faux-leather offcuts: reclaimed synthetic materials for cruelty-free designs that are light, strong and stylish.
Waste Plastics
- Milk bottles and lids: hand-sculpted into crisp white drops and sculptural forms.
- Sparkling-water and soda bottles: reshaped into vibrant, light-catching statement pieces.
- Signage & shop displays: Boards and signs hand cut with a saw to make unique shapes.
Bouncy Castles and Lilos
- Inflatables: We work with the wonderful Inflatable Amnesty to repurpose their tiny offcuts of bouncy castles, armbands, rubber rings and lilos into vibrant, durable jewellery.
Textiles
- Maker Offcuts: we rescue tiny textile scraps from other independent makers, making these materials double rejected and therefore doubly pre-loved. Hannah Southsea saves her beautiful fabric leftovers from her upcycled clothing collections, giving even the smallest pieces a new life.
Paper
- Old sheet music: snapped up from scrap stores and charity shops, these pages are re-imagined into delicate, nostalgic designs with rhythm in their grain.
- Wallpaper samples: rescued from sample books and given a fresh life far from the wall; printed patterns turned into wearable art.
- Old nautical charts: used by mariners to plan their voyage and navigate safely and efficiently, these fascinating maps make great patterns for brooches and pendants.
Metal
- Recycled Fine Silver Clay: the silver used for our pendants and charms is 99% pure fine silver once fired. It begins life as silver clay; an organic binder mixed with micron-sized particles of recycled silver. The clay is produced by recycling companies in Japan, typically salvaged from the electronics industry, giving this precious metal a brand-new purpose.
- Stainless Steel: new, durable hardware that adds strength and shine to every piece.
- Bottle Tops & Caps; collected from a mate who works in a bar (cheers! hic!) and reborn as textured, colourful metal accents with a playful story to tell.
Other Cool Finds
- Beach Plastic: ocean-tumbled fragments rescued from the shoreline, cleaned, and transformed into bright reminders of what we throw away
- Sea Glass: naturally frosted shards shaped by the tides, given a second life as smooth, glimmering accents in our jewellery.
- Old advertising banners: pieces of vinyl banners reborn as bold, story-filled designs that carry traces of their past life in every scratch and shine.
