Responsible Jewels

Behind Meraki Fire is a devotion to the handmade process. I offer an honest alternative to mass produced jewellery, carefully designed with Australian sourced materials.

One of the first concerns as a jewellery artist is where our materials come from, so I regularly assess the best available stockists within Australia. Recycled silver is currently sourced through the Pallion group and/or Morris & Watson. Gold filled wire is sourced in small batches from Inspire with Wire. I use Australian clays and glaze materials from a range of Australian suppliers.

I work as sustainably as possible, and continually look to for ways to improve this process – from clay recycling (clay reclaim), glaze capture and recycling, to refining and reusing silver.

Making ceramic jewellery requires the use of a kiln – which takes energy! However one advantage of making jewellery is that the pieces are small and I can fit a lot in my little kiln. I use mid-fire clays to produce beautifully strong pieces with shorter firing times than stoneware. I use a green energy provider and hope to one day move completely to solar power.

Packaging is another part of the sustainability puzzle. All Meraki Fire jewellery pieces are mounted on FSC recycled card, then presented in recycled paper envelopes or organic cotton pouches. Plastic free packaging is then used to safely nestle each piece.