20 million dollars was funneled into the New York City economy during fashion week in 2011. Fueling the demand for new “must-haves” for each season. Nearly 100% of what is thrown away can be recycled. 5% of every landfill is textiles...
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The paper made from clothing used in my three most recent sculptural jewelry pieces — Puente Hills Couture, Apex en Vogue, and Altamont Allure — were made by wonderful papermakers Anne Beck and Dietmar Krumrey...
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The year I created these necklaces, 2010, Americans consumed an estimated 23 billion paper coffee cups. To create 23 billion paper coffee cups its is estimated that 9.4 million trees would need to be cut down. That is over 14 million tons of wood...
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