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Ethical / Responsible / Sustainable2023-01-20T10:38:58-08:00

Like fair trade coffee, don’t stop buying, buy responsibly!

Alexandra Hart’s sophisticated and artful couture jewelry and metal sculpture is made in her US based studio from responsibly researched and sourced precious metals and gemstones. She specializes in re-purposing heirlooms into custom contemporary bespoke jewels, thus increasing the value by creating the client’s dream pieces. Activist and former executive director with Ethical Metalsmiths, and long time leader and member of Women’s Jewelry Association, she’s actually been working to promote socially and environmentally responsible business practices and equal opportunity to artists and consumers since the launch of her business in 1995.

“Socially responsible practices, I believe, are the responsibility of both designers and consumers. As a designer working with rare materials, I have important choices to make about sourcing in order to protect the future use of these resources. The consumer’s awareness and choices to support the best companies is the power to drive the market. I have always been concerned with sustainable practices, and have been promoting it as part of my business mission.

We can actually support underdeveloped countries by buying gemstones from the most reputable and conscientious companies who comply with Fair Trade Standards and who use Fairmined and recycled metals to reduce impact of mining on the environment. Meanwhile, purchasing from artisan designers producing all work in the US is good for the local economy!”

2014 Marks Ethical Metalsmith’s 10th Anniversary

By |January 12th, 2014|Categories: Blog Post, Sustainability|Tags: , , |

This organization made up of Jewelers and Metalsmiths advocating social and environmental responsibility was founded 10  years ago by Susan Kingsley and Christina Miller because of their dismay upon learning how precious materials were mined at [...]

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Diamonds with a Story campaign: Pure Flight, part 2

By |June 11th, 2013|Categories: Blog Post, Press, Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

The PURE FLIGHT collection is featured as the example of Sustainable Contemporary design in Rio Tinto's Diamonds with a Story Campaign, featured in this beautifully designed book .  In the Diamonds with a Story article, [...]

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Diamonds with a Story campaign: Pure Flight, part 1

By |June 5th, 2013|Categories: Blog Post, Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

The PURE FLIGHT collection is featured as the example of Sustainable Contemporary design incorporating 100% responsibly sourced materials, viewed here in the beautifully designed book Cutting Impact: (and in the news: JNA)

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