Recycled Materials is firmly based on providing simple, illustrated,
step-by-step methods and techniques for creating jewellery from recycled
materials. This handbook covers the importance of using recycled/reused
materials in terms of environmental impact, sustainability, creativity,
necessity versus choice, and ideas of making the common valuable and
precious through treatment and presentation. The variety of projects
included in this title will teach readers how to make a necklace from
tin, pendants from keys, use fabric for a cuff, and to use plastic,
cardboard, cork and foam to make bangles, necklaces, earrings and
brooches. Also included is an extensive list of scrapstores and
suppliers of recycled materials, as well as information about how to
find free or very cheap materials from other sustainable sources.