Triple post earrings in recycled copper

Style and sustainability come together with our beautiful, handmade copper earrings.

Handcrafted using recycled copper from old hot water heaters and electrical wire, these eco-friendly earrings are made with fair labour practices and ensure that young Zambian women are lifting their lives through trade, not aid. Not only will you look amazing, but you'll be making a difference with your purchase.

• Empowering women
• Use of recycled materials
• Eco-friendly
• Fair labour practices

Length 10cms

“An amazing transformation takes place when discarded electrical wire and a corroded copper hot water heater is hacked apart with a chisel, cleaned up and recycled or upcycled and discarded electrical wire into jewellery. A group of young, inexperienced women, have undergone a similar metamorphosis; with no previous jewellery making experience have taught themselves metalsmithing using copper. Their skills have continually expanded and some women were trained in silversmithing.

For women to make metal jewellery in Zambia defies gender norms. Women generally do not use tools, particularly hammers, power tools, or torches. Typically, a women’s initiative is expected to sew or knit. 

 It’s truly amazing to watch the women deftly work with their tools and create their designs while empowering themselves.”

Dawn Close, Founder