jewelry made from a car's radiator?

Mckenna Hallett, our newest JOOLZ artist, has just joined us from Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii. Scouring her beautiful island for reclaimable materials that she turns into fascinating jewelry, Mckenna proudly lists the odd materials that have made her famous in her own community. She says "My list includes roofing and gutters, airplane engine parts, radiator sections, plumbing and electrical discards, and some items I can't even identify. I call them UFO's: unidentified found objects."

Ceremonial Kimono necklace

Designing with a decidedly Asian bent, Mckenna first created the necklace above for Neiman Marcus. Now our Canandaigua (and beyond) customers can have their very own edition. Each time this piece is created, it's new and different - never are the metals exactly the same.

Origami necklace

Each necklace is adjustable for length and all are amazingly lightweight. Even the earrings tell a story:

Dangling pieces of repurposed copper gutters - now lovely squares tied with copper wire. How old was the building that "discarded" this metal? Who lived or worked there? How many hurricanes did the building survive? If only this jewelry could talk...