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My New True Blue
I took a trip to the Tucson gem shows and came home with this spectacular new reclaimed stone from the shores of Lake Michigan. It's called Leland blue antique slag, and you'll be seeing much more of it in new designs this summer. But here's a little sneak peek:
And here's another leland blue cabochon set into a pendant. You can find it at Gaia Gallery (check 'em out below!)
Gaia Art Gallery
310 South Lake Avenue they specialize in art that honors the earth!
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Green Fuse News Spring 2010 |
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Recycled, reclaimed, cruelty-free jewelry and metalwork If your email program doesn't like images, this newsletter is viewable online |
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Cufftastic Cufftacular Cuffstravaganza
All the cuffs are online and on sale. You're the first to know.
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Rings! many of the new treasures from Tucson have been ringified. Check them out!
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Minnesota Fashion Week and W7 Collective Show My jewelry will be at the April W7 event in St. Paul! W7 -- www.w7collective.com -- has timed their April gallery event to coincide with MN fashion Week 2010. They will be open 11am -5pm on April 15, 16, 17, reopening from 7 to 9pm with live music, hors d'oeuvres, and wine on THURSDAY evening to celebrate Laura Nelli's launch event. Laura Nelli will launch her new line of handbags at the W7 April event. Laura is a winner of a 2008 Independent Handbag Design Award. Check out her website/blog: www.nellehandbags.com I'll be there in person on Thursday to help celebrate! W7 is located at 7th and Randolph in St. Paul. |
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Why American Sourced Stones? Glad you asked. I've chosen to only purchase cabochons from US sourced minerals. (I call them native stones) I think this is important for lots of reasons: 1: preserving local economies and jobs -- this issue is much in the news lately, and it's awfully depressing. But instead of feeling powerless and angry, while waiting around for the government to fix things, I've decided to do my part: to stop sending my money to China, and to help keep my neighbors in work by supporting them with my consumer power. It beats waiting for some politician to man up, let me tell you! 2: protecting the environment -- many countries that mine and export gems have little or no environmental protections in place. Here in the US we not only have such protections, we, as citizens, have protest power, and consumer power, and voter power... 3: worker protection, no slave labor, no child labor -- these practices are very common in other countries, particularly developing countries, that export large quantities of gemstones. I'm not willing to enslave people so that I can have sparkly things. What do I look like, Johnny Weir? 4: supporting democracy -- many exploitative governments and corporations abuse their citizenry as well as their workforce, often in political systems that give no power to the people governed by them. I don't have to be a nationalistic bozo to realize that the democracy I live in is worth protecting and supporting. 5: short supply chain -- a large portion of the stones I buy were cut and collected by the person who sold them to me. That means they went through only one set of hands between me and the earth. It's nice to know exactly where these rocks came from and who has handled them, don't you think? I don't put newsletters out more than four times a year --- enough to keep you up-to-date, but not enough to make you crazy. (most years I'm lucky if I get out one. This one. What can I say? I'd rather be at the bench. Or behind the guitar. Or in the garden...) If you'd rather not receive these missives, please reply to this email asking me to unsubscribe you. |
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