The jewellery industry comes with an array of challenges when it comes to ethics and sustainability. I don't believe that jewellery should cost the earth (literally). I try to be as mindful as I can be of my impact on the environment, and endeavour to minimise it as much as possible.
I always do my best to show respect to the materials I work with, using recycled metals, and recycling my scrap metal, as much as possible, as well as sourcing locally produced gemstones. And I try to use safer, or lower impact chemicals whenever possible.
This is a work in progress, and I am constantly trying to find ways that I can improve.