4 ring necklace in recycled copper

Embrace modern elegance and empower young Zambian women with our eco-friendly copper 4-ring necklace.

Crafted by recycling hot water heaters (geysers) and electrical wire and using fair labour practices, each tiny chain link is meticulously made by hand, linking larger beaten copper rings to create perfection and designed to make a bold fashion statement.

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

“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